1.   The Palestinian delegation head, Haider Abdel-Shafi, added that the Israeli position was very negative and endangered the negotiations.

2.   American officials, while stating that Israel must live up to its commitments under the Oslo accord, now say that the Israeli position has a logic to it.

3.   An inflexible point of the Israeli position vis-a-vis an agreement with the Palestinians was that it would not release any Palestinians who had murdered Israelis.

4.   Arab leaders angrily denounced the Israeli position, which they described as humiliating for a figure recognized as the elected leader of Palestinians.

5.   As black smoke filled the air, the children flung stones at the Israeli position, scattering up a side street whenever gunfire erupted.

6.   At the same time, Hezbollah used Iranian-supplied weapons to launch guerilla attacks on Israeli military positions in southern Lebanon.

7.   Bullets and fragments of rounds fired from Israeli military positions littered the ground at the center of the flashpoint.

8.   By late afternoon, demonstrators began the usual cycle of hurling stones and firebombs at Israeli positions.

9.   Despite the Israeli position, the United States was among the first to announce it would attend.

10.   Egyptian officials, who dismissed the Israeli position a few weeks ago, now seem ready to accept it.