1.   But even hardline Likud governments were not able to stop terrorism by force alone.

2.   Younger people see the Taliban as a positive alternative to the corruption and poverty of the hardline Rakhmonov government and his allies.

3.   Palestinian leaders have also warned of renewed violence if the hardline government of Benjamin Netanyahu carries out plans to expand Jewish settlements.

4.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Wednesday thanked Chirac for his support and said the Palestinians needed his help against a hardline Israeli government.

5.   Palestinians fear demolition of two homes in east Jerusalem could be the beginning of a crackdown on Palestinian construction by the new hardline Israel government.

6.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat thanked Chirac for his support and said the Palestinians needed his help against the hardline Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu.

7.   Palestinians warned that if the new hardline government imposed tough measures on Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip violence could result.

8.   Another Israeli Arab leader, Ahmed Tibi, said those who cast protest votes were short-sighted because their actions helped bring to power a hardline government.

9.   Arafat also said he expected the new hardline government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to implement all of the agreements he signed with Rabin.

10.   Barak said that Israel would honor the Wye Accord, a land-for-security agreement frozen by the previous hardline government.