1.   Better perhaps for Israel to reach a tacit understanding with the Palestinians to implement the interim accords but put longer-term matters on hold.

2.   Brittan said the U.S. had nevertheless backed EU efforts to press the other nations to join the interim accord, recognizing the market-opening benefits for everyone.

3.   But as part of the interim accords with the Palestinians, Israel has released dozens of Arab prisoners convicted of killing Arabs suspected of being informers for Israel.

4.   But under interim accords with the Palestinians, Israel agreed to annual pilgrimages there by Palestinians under their own flag.

5.   Netanyahu insists that Israel maintains the right to decide on its own how much territory to hand back in the interim accords.

6.   The Americans and the Palestinians are pushing for a comprehensive interim accord, so that a final round of peace talks can start now.

7.   Yet Israeli and Palestinian officials are still mired in the details of an interim accord signed more than a year ago.

8.   Peres was the architect of the process, based on the concept of limited autonomy for the Palestinians, working through a series of interim accords toward full independence.

9.   A number of provisions in interim accords were never carried out, such as the opening of a second land route between the West Bank and Gaza.

10.   According to WAFA, the Palestinian news agency, Arafat reiterated he would not accept any modifications to the U.S.-brokered Wye interim accord.