1.   He has been asked to design the tomb for assassinated Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin.

2.   He has been asked to design the modest tomb for assassinated Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin.

3.   Over the years, he had dozens of clandestine meetings with Israeli premiers.

4.   Also Thursday, Spanish daily El Pais published an interview in which the Israeli premier set out his vision of what the conclusion should be.

5.   APTV will cover the arrival of King Hussein of Jordan, Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

6.   As always when the Israeli premier travels, the Middle East peace process was at the top of the agenda.

7.   Arafat also reiterated the Palestinian demand that peace talks must start where they left off under the previous Israeli premier, Ehud Barak.

8.   But the Palestinians rejected the offer, and the new Israeli premier, Ariel Sharon, says Kfar Darom and the other settlements should stay.

9.   Clinton was widely expected to show patience toward Netanyahu during his first visit to Washington as the Israeli premier.

10.   Faced with this risk, the Israeli premier preferred to play down the American diplomatic rudeness.