1.   And meanwhile, as they see it, Israel acts to foreclose the discussions on Jerusalem that are supposed to be part of the final status talks under Oslo.

2.   At Camp David, Ben-Ami said, the Israelis discovered very late in the game how differently the two sides perceived the final status talks.

3.   At the moment, there is a general agreement that the issue will be handled by the borders committee set up under the final status talks.

4.   Barak said he would also immediately reopen negotiations with the Syrians, and resume the thorny final status talks with the Palestinians.

5.   But final status talks have yet to get under way.

6.   But to avoid that, Barak has said he wants to fold the final phases of troop withdrawals in the Wye agreement into the final status talks.

7.   Clinton called on both sides to abide by existing agreements and to complete the so-called final status talks within a year.

8.   Clinton has taken no public position on either issue, saying both are to be decided in so-called final status talks.

9.   First, the Palestinians were pushing to receive populated areas near Jerusalem, whose status is contested and whose fate is under negotiation in the final status talks.

10.   Final status talks begin in May.