81.   The action was the first sign the government would not tolerate illegal settlement activity and was welcomed by peace groups.

82.   The Bush administration again on Wednesday leaned on Arafat to rein in Palestinian terrorists and on Israel to halt settlement activity.

83.   The group monitors Israeli settlement activity.

84.   The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says settlement activity is not prohibited in the Oslo agreements.

85.   The Likud has made preservation of the settlements a condition for entering the coalition however and wants settlements activity in progress to continue.

86.   The Labor government virtually froze Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip when it came to power three and a half years ago.

87.   The Jewish Agency is a quasi-governmental body involved in settlement activity.

88.   The Likud has made preservation of settlements a condition for entering the coalition and wants current settlement activity to continue.

89.   The Palestinian Cabinet called on Israel to abide by the Wye Memorandum and cease Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

90.   The leaders also called for a halt to Israeli settlement activities in the occupied lands, adding that existing settlements should be removed.