1.   Amir Peretz, an Israeli labor leader and member of the Israeli parliament, wears a bushy mustache like a trademark.

2.   Among those beaten were three members of the Israeli parliament.

3.   And Yossi Sarid, the leftist Meretz Party leader, impatiently addressed Arafat from a podium in the Israeli parliament.

4.   As the Israeli parliament buzzed with activity Wednesday, security was in a palpably high state of alert throughout the country.

5.   As the Israeli parliament debated the matter, there was a growing sense that it could be only a matter of days before he is forced to resign.

6.   Barak made his announcement amid heckles from the Israeli parliament, which was about to give initial passage to bills that would require new elections.

7.   Barak is also fighting for his political life, as he has the support of only a minority of the Israeli parliament.

8.   Barak will speak to the Israeli parliament Monday, which is expected to vote on some kind of statement about his trip.

9.   A bill in the Israeli parliament supported by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would deny recognition to any conversion to Judaism presided over by a non-Orthodox rabbi.

10.   A demonstration of the deep-seated enmity between Sarid and Eli Yishai, the Shas leader, played out like hostile theater in the Israeli parliament on Wednesday.