71.   Settler leaders met Tuesday to discuss plans for trying to block an Israeli pullback.

72.   Syria, whose negotiations with Israel have been stalemated for weeks, demands a complete Israeli pullback from the Golan Heights.

73.   The cabinet statement said that Israel and the Palestinians still did not agree on reciprocal steps the Palestinians would take in exchange for the Israeli pullbacks.

74.   The Clinton administration has been trying to get the two sides to agree to terms for an Israeli pullback in the West Bank.

75.   The Clinton administration has proposed that Israeli pullbacks from the West Bank be broken up into stages, with withdrawals being made in exchange for specific Palestinian actions.

76.   The accord stipulates the Israeli pullback before elections are held.

77.   The accords provide for matching steps by Arafat on security before each phase of an Israeli pullback.

78.   The Clinton administration has been sounding out Israel and Syria on security measures in event of an Israeli pullback.

79.   The crux of the dispute, however, remained the timing of Israeli pullbacks.

80.   The Israeli pullback from a small slice of land was one of the last before Israel and the Palestinians draw their final borders in a September peace treaty.