71.   Earlier this week, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators had discussed a troop pullback in three sessions.

72.   Erakat said it was essential to agree on a starting date for a troop pullback before the agreement is signed Thursday at the White House.

73.   Erekat said it was essential to agree on a starting date for a troop pullback before the agreement is signed.

74.   Erekat said the sticking points for the Palestinians remained an Israeli commitment to a timetable for a further troop pullback in West Bank rural areas.

75.   Erekat said Washington must press for further Israeli troop pullbacks and an end to unilateral Israeli actions such as settlement building in the West Bank.

76.   Escalating protests against a planned troop pullback, Jewish settlers on Thursday blocked a West Bank highway and cleared land for a new, unauthorized Jewish settlement.

77.   Erekat said that the sticking points for the Palestinians remained an Israeli commitment to a timetable for a further troop pullback in West Bank rural areas.

78.   Escalating protests against a planned troop pullback, Jewish settlers on Thursday blocked a West Bank highway and cleared land for a new unauthorized Jewish settlement.

79.   Extreme-right elements in his coalition have vowed to topple the government if Netanyahu agrees to further troop pullbacks in the West Bank.

80.   France introduced a resolution in the Security Council on Friday backing deployment of additional military observers to verify troop pullbacks in the country.