1.   We are trying not to escalate the violence.

2.   Arafat must now decide whether to escalate the violence or try a new tactic.

3.   Barak was considered reluctant to order a harsh military response that could further escalate the violence, cause more Israeli casualties and jeopardize the fragile Israeli-Syrian negotiations.

4.   But Clinton also warned Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic that NATO forces are prepared to take military action if the Serbs escalate the violence while the peace negotiations continue.

5.   Instead of meeting him halfway, they repaid his conciliation with an irrational decision to escalate the violence, the predictable reaction which brought hard-liner Ariel Sharon to power.

6.   Neither bill pays attention to getting rid of guns, which are largely responsible for escalating youth violence.

7.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear on Sunday his conviction that appeasement would escalate the violence.

8.   Sharon, who cut short a visit to the United States to respond to the bombings, will be under considerable pressure to escalate the violence.

9.   Such a move would greatly escalate violence here.

10.   The Palestinians are not going to sit back and wait, and Israeli force, all the more under his ruthless intransigence, will escalate the violence.