1.   He also believed that he needed a broad government to back his peacemaking plans.

2.   In building a broad coalition government last year, Barak considered Shas a critical, if temperamental, partner for his peacemaking plans.

3.   Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, who headed the commission that developed the peacemaking plan the administration has been following, suggested replacement of Arafat could backfire.

4.   Straw said Britain urged both sides to implement a peacemaking plan proposed in May by an international commission headed by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell.

5.   The new peacemaking plan is only now beginning to take shape again, a senior U.S. official said Monday.

6.   The U.S. administration seems all over the map as it struggles to develop a Mideast peacemaking plan.