51.   Further, he was convinced that American support of a Jewish state in Palestine would endanger long-range interests of the United States.

52.   He and others suggested the bombing reaction by Israeli hard-liners reflects the belief that Arabs cannot be trusted in the Jewish state.

53.   He became the first Likud Party minister ever to meet officially with a man his political associates have long denounced as a terrorist bent on destroying the Jewish state.

54.   He arrived, as a minister of the Jewish state, at the synagogue where he used to gather with other refuseniks.

55.   He had planned to call for solidarity with Israel and, yes, he said, he still wanted people to stand with the Jewish state.

56.   He said one of his first moves would be to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an action sought by the Jewish state.

57.   He listened to conflicting counsel from his top advisers and decided to support the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.

58.   He said the Jewish state would destroy Islamic militants bent on the destruction of Israel.

59.   He has encouraged hundreds to study in Israel, and he fervently hopes many will stay to live in the Jewish state.

60.   In the same speech, though, Arafat blasted Israel, casting the Jewish state as the villain in the oft-tortured peace process.