61.   An Israeli foreign ministry source said Sunday that Arafat had sent Israel a conciliatory message saying he is ready to fight violence.

62.   An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman attributed the cancellations to a lack of coordination in preparing the visits.

63.   An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman confirmed the meeting but neither source would reveal where the meeting was held.

64.   An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman said the date of the talks was still being worked out.

65.   Beilin discussed opening interest sections with Omani Foreign Minister Yussef ibn Alawi Abdallah during his visit, Israeli foreign ministry officials said.

66.   But an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman said no date had been set.

67.   But in Jerusalem, the Israeli foreign ministry said no date or venue for negotiations had yet been arranged.

68.   But Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nachshon ultimately blamed the Palestinian Authority of Yasser Arafat.

69.   But the Israeli foreign ministry has called it an attack.

70.   But the Israeli foreign ministry says Hebron will not immediately be included in areas of the West Bank where the troops are pulled out.