1. Palestinians complain the closure is creating economic hardship in the impoverished Gaza Strip and eroding support for PLO chief Yasser Arafat and the autonomy accord. 2. Palestinians say the Jerusalem construction violates the autonomy accord by changing the city before its fate is determined in final peace talks. 3. Palestinian negotiators have demanded that as part of the Israel-PLO autonomy accord, Israel free all Palestinian security prisoners. 4. Palestinian officials rejected both proposals as violations of the autonomy accord. 5. Palestinians closed their terminal at the Allenby Bridge crossing into Jordan Saturday to protest what they said were recent Israeli violations of the autonomy accord. 6. Palestinians complain the closure is hurting the impoverished Gaza Strip and eroding support for PLO chief Yasser Arafat and the autonomy accord. 7. PLO leader Yasser Arafat met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Wednesday as part of a tour to brief Arab leaders on the autonomy accord he signed with Israel. 8. A Palestinian minister warned Saturday that the autonomy accord could disintegrate if progress is not made toward extending self-rule to all of the West Bank. 9. A spokesman for PLO headquarters in east Jerusalem said the construction violated the Palestinian autonomy accord. 10. A spokesman for PLO chief Yasser Arafat rejected the idea as a violation of the autonomy accord. |