51.   Bin Laden did not elaborate, but apparently was referring to European powers carving up Arab lands after World War I when the Ottoman Empire collapsed.

52.   Bin Laden has repeatedly denounced the United States for sending troops to Arab lands and for its support of Israel.

53.   But Rabin also noted that his government decided earlier this month not to confiscate any more Arab land in the city for building new neighborhoods.

54.   But Mubarak said that such a meeting would require that Netanyahu stop building settlements on Arab land.

55.   But Palestinians argue Israel is violating its understandings with the PLO by confiscating Arab land and building Jewish neighborhoods in the contested eastern sector.

56.   But with Israel and the West Bank separated only by invisible borders, with Jewish settlements peppered throughout Arab lands, conflict is always possible.

57.   Confiscation of Arab land is an especially sore point.

58.   Cook had every right to visit the scene of the illegal construction of a settlement on Arab land occupied by Israeli forces.

59.   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Saturday that Israel would be playing with fire if it continued building on Arab land in east Jerusalem.

60.   Faisal Husseini, the PLO official in charge of Jerusalem, warned Monday of a renewed Palestinian uprising over Israeli plans to confiscate Arab land in east Jerusalem.