1.   Also Saturday, the Israeli army reported that Palestinian police had prevented a suicide bombing that was aimed at Jerusalem.

2.   American officials also have been pressing Arafat to promise Palestinian cooperation with Israeli efforts to stem suicide bombings by militant members of Hamas, the Islamic fundamentalist faction.

3.   An interminable chain of Palestinian suicide bombings against Israel has formed a tight yoke around Okun.

4.   An accountant, Abedramo Alkulli, called for continued suicide bombings.

5.   And now in the face of suicide bombings is no time to back down from the pursuit of peace.

6.   And they find themselves collectively punished for suicide bombings whose perpetrators may or may not have come from Palestinian-controlled territory.

7.   Arafat, for example, released from prison Ibrahim Makadmeh, a senior Hamas operative who played a key role in suicide bombings against Israelis a year ago.

8.   Arafat has often condemned suicide bombings in the past, usually in the context of a broader condemnation of targeting civilians by either side.

9.   Arafat issued a call for a stop to suicide bombings, although he never made an expected live television broadcast.

10.   Arafat also repeated calls for Palestinian suicide bombings and militant attacks on Israeli civilians to cease.