61.   It is not clear whether Balladares genuinely opposes the bases or is angling for further concessions for Panama.

62.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Arafat of trying to stall in the talks in an attempt to pressure Israel into further concessions.

63.   Likely to vote against him are coalition hard-liners steadfast against further concessions to the Palestinians, and doves who say he is sabotaging the Wye peace accord.

64.   Michael Kleiner, who heads a parliamentary grouping that opposes any further concessions, said that the hard-liners would run their own candidate.

65.   Netanyahu faces defections from doves who want him to press ahead with Wye and hard-liners who balk at any further concessions to the Palestinians.

66.   Netanyahu has accused Arafat of trying to stall in the talks in an attempt to pressure Israel into further concessions.

67.   Netanyahu has said he will hold firm on this issue and warns that any further concessions might cause the agreement to be rejected by his Cabinet.

68.   Netanyahu also faced defectors from hard-liners in his coalition who oppose further concessions to the Palestinians .

69.   Obeida Kazemi, a Jerusalem native who now lives in Kuwait, said the changes should not be approved without further concessions from Israel.

70.   Owners argue further concessions could price them out of an increasingly competitive European trucking industry, which is to be deregulated in July.