41.   Arafat has rejected the plan, saying Israel has already committed itself to a large-scale troop withdrawal in a U.S.-brokered accord signed last year.

42.   Another Israeli general detailed the stages of Israeli troop withdrawal in a briefing for Israeli military correspondents.

43.   Arafat also had been strengthened by Israeli troop withdrawals in the West Bank and wanted to help the then-Israeli Labor government of Shimon Peres to win re-election.

44.   Arafat complained that Israel had failed to live up to its promise to make further troop withdrawals in the West Bank and had built Jewish settlements on disputed land.

45.   Arafat complained that Israel had failed to live up to its promise to make further troop withdrawals in the West Bank and had built settlements on disputed land.

46.   Ashton Mining and CRA first signaled their withdrawal in early April.

47.   Ashton Mining and CRA first signalled their withdrawal in early April.

48.   Army radio reported Wednesday that Israel had rejected a key Palestinian demand for a specific timetable on further withdrawals in the West Bank.

49.   Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, who helped broker an end to the Bosnian war, negotiated terms of the withdrawal in a flurry of phone calls.

50.   Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, who brokered an end to the Bosnian war, negotiated terms of the withdrawal in a flurry of phone calls.