1.   The Israeli leader expressed his support for the U.S. plan.

2.   And Barak is reminded nearly every day by his opponents of the danger of being the first Israeli leader to make concessions on Jerusalem.

3.   And although Barak said no Israeli leader could go further, he himself improved considerably on his Camp David proposal six months later.

4.   And Israeli leaders strongly suggest that European leaders crack down on anti-Semitic attacks, adding sardonically that they do not recommend restraint.

5.   And in an extraordinarily conciliatory gesture, Clinton appeared to offer to meet the new Israeli leader more than half-way.

6.   And Israeli leaders hint they could respond by retaking the land they gave back under Oslo.

7.   And when Barak was elected prime minister last year, the three made little secret of their pleasure at having an Israeli leader whose peacemaking platform matched theirs.

8.   Arafat insisted, and Israeli leaders concurred, that a strong and well-armed Palestinian police force was needed to keep order and assure security.

9.   Ariel Sharon, the right-wing Israeli political leader, surely intended his visit to the sacred Temple Mount in Jerusalem to be provocative.

10.   Ariel Sharon, the Israeli leader, has compared Arafat to Osama bin Laden and the Taliban.