51.   Palestinian sources inside the meeting said Arafat and Hussein took part in a conference call with American and Israeli officials, but gave no details.

52.   Palestinian sources said Abu Sharif had little influence in the government and appeared to be acting on his own.

53.   Palestinian sources said Arafat would take a call from the Palestinian delegation during a meeting of the Palestinian Cabinet on Friday night.

54.   Palestinian sources said Barakat, who runs a grocery store in the south of Chicago, was building a house in Jerusalem.

55.   Palestinian sources said Egypt was waiting for Israel to grant permission for Yassin to return to Gaza.

56.   Palestinian sources said Hamas did not want its sympathizers to stay away from the balloting because it wanted to have supporters within the council.

57.   Palestinian sources said Kuttab would remain in detention until Arafat went to Ramallah.

58.   Palestinian sources said Marshoud spent some years in an Israeli jail for security offences but the details were not immediately available.

59.   Palestinian sources said Salim was known as a collaborator with Israeli authorities.

60.   Palestinian sources said Shahadeh was from Dir Amar village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.