61.   Earlier he threatened to halt the talks on extending autonomy in the West Bank if Arafat did not rein in HAMAS.

62.   The PLO executive committee is to meet in Tunis on Monday to discuss negotiations with Israel on extending autonomy in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said.

63.   The survey was carried out in September before Israel and the PLO struck an agreement on Sunday to extend autonomy over the West Bank.

64.   The two sides have also agreed to resume negotiations in the next few weekson extending Palestinian autonomy to the West Bank as soon as possible.

65.   The settlers are bitterly opposed to negotiations between Israel and the PLO on extending Palestinian autonomy across the territory.

66.   The talks to thrash out an agreement on extending Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank will resume on Thursday morning, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres told journalists.

67.   The three were to discuss the state of negotiations on extending Palestinian autonomy.

68.   Under the terms of the accord extending autonomy to the Palestinians the Israeli army can still intervene in rural areas of the West Bank, but not in towns.

69.   While the Palestinians accuse Israel of deliberately dragging out negotiations to extend autonomy, Rabin can claim the PLO has also failed to fulfill some of its commitments.

70.   Israeli-PLO talks on extending Palestinian autonomy were due to resume on Monday.