1.   Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres have been attempting to arrange truce talks for nearly three weeks, but the daily violence has undermined the efforts.

2.   Brownfield said the United States supports the peace process but believes rebel violence is undermining its chances of success.

3.   Brownfield said the United States supports the peace process, but believes rebel violence is undermining its chances of success.

4.   But their efforts to widen the acceptance of the Jewish state in the predominantly Arab Middle East have often been undermined by violence.

5.   Continuing violence undermined a U.S. effort to restore security coordination between the two sides.

6.   Election watchdogs have voiced concern that violence would undermine the elections by not allowing people to cast their votes free of fear.

7.   Israeli leaders warned the violence was undermining its negotiations with Syria, the undisputed power in Lebanon.

8.   Scattered daily violence undermines fragile truce.

9.   Scattered daily violence undermines the fragile truce.

10.   The daily violence has undermined EU efforts to bring Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres together for new peace talks.