81.   Justice Minister Freih Abu Middein, meanwhile, warned that the Palestinian Authority could annul its economic accords with Israel unless the closure was lifted.

82.   Peres also promised to lift the closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Tuesday at the end of the Jewish holidays.

83.   Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has called on Israel to lift the closure as soon as the elections are over.

84.   Rabin announced the closure would be lifted in stages starting Tuesday.

85.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin announced here Sunday after talks with PLO chief Yasser Arafat that Israel would lift the closure by stages.

86.   Sarid said Israel could not lift the closure.

87.   The closure was also lifted then for Palestinian ambulances in cases of emergency and for the families and lawyers of Palestinians defendants brought before Israeli courts.

88.   The minister said Israel could not lift the closure.