51.   A prominent Palestinian legislator was detained for several hours for questioning Tuesday by Israeli police as he tried to cross into Jordan from the West Bank, police said.

52.   Abdel Jawad Saleh, a Palestinian legislator and former Cabinet minister, said Arafat should take signs of discontent seriously.

53.   Amr, the Palestinian legislator, said he would submit a motion of no confidence in the government unless Arafat replaced his Cabinet within a month.

54.   Arab neighbors and Palestinian legislators gathered outside and briefly scuffled with the group before Israeli police broke them up.

55.   Arafat told Palestinian legislators Thursday that Netanyahu promised him this week that the rural redeployment would start within six weeks of the signing of the Hebron agreement.

56.   Arafat addressed Palestinian legislators who listened to his rambling speech in silence, only rarely acknowledging his words with a smattering of applause.

57.   At the protest, Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi said resistance to Israeli rule is now focused on Jerusalem.

58.   But a Palestinian legislator said the decision would not end the crisis in Israel-Palestinian relations set off by the Jewish project.

59.   But some Palestinian legislators suggested Sunday that they are concerned about loopholes that could enable authorities to deny basic liberties by claiming national security is in danger.

60.   But Palestinian legislator Ziad Abu Zayyad said the decision on a date for a declaration was not final.