1.   Although many representatives of international anti-nuclear groups and foreign governments attended the midday session, few Israeli politicians sat through it.

2.   A handful of Israeli politicians had urged Barak to continue his policy of restraint.

3.   A few Israeli politicians, surrounded by large security teams, visited the site and were greeted by shouts to get tougher against the Palestinians.

4.   After the murder of an Israeli politician by agents of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, he sent tanks and troops to invest six Palestinian towns.

5.   But for Israeli politicians, the colonel had a barely disguised contempt.

6.   But some Israeli politicians said that things in the Middle East were not necessarily simple.

7.   But some Israeli politicians wondered why the government was treating the rockets as any more lethal than other forms of attack.

8.   Edelstein represents a new breed of Israeli politicians, less likely to be veterans of the great Israeli wars, lifelong Zionists or even Jewish.

9.   Hashahar-Levy is the daughter of a leading right-wing Israeli politician.

10.   He also reluctantly agreed to cancel an appearance by a speaker who was opposed by left-wing Israeli politicians.