1.   America has always wanted Israel to give up some of the occupied territory.

2.   Autonomy was seen in the occupied territories as a denial of the demand for self-determination, not a step towards it.

3.   By contrast opinion in the occupied territories concerning these other players was hardening rather than softening.

4.   Eventually some pressure or need caused the migration of one or more into already occupied territory.

5.   I re-emphasise that the policy of settlements in the occupied territories is a serious obstacle to a peace settlement.

6.   Meanwhile violence continued to leave scars across the occupied territories.

7.   The accident touched off a wave of rioting that spread throughout the occupied territories.