41.   The sides would then implement a plan worked out by U.S. Sen. George Mitchell which calls for a Jewish settlement freeze and the resumption of peace talks.

42.   There was no mention of a settlement freeze by Israel.

43.   These include confidence-building steps, an Israeli settlement freeze and the outlawing of militant groups by the Palestinians.

44.   They know that even something as limited as a settlement freeze would be genuinely tough for Sharon, who has been a major patron of the Jewish settler movement.

45.   What more muscle can the United States put behind these recommendations in order to get that settlement freeze?

46.   They appeared as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to rule out any settlement freeze when he meets US President Bill Clinton in Washington next week.