91.  Egyptian officials have mounted a campaign to persuade other Arab states to withdraw support for the treaty until Israel opens up its own nuclear program for inspection.

92.  Even the Arab states that joined with us in the Persian Gulf war are hesitant to do anything about his latest gambol with weapons inspectors.

93.  Experts also are concerned about the Arab states of the Middle East.

94.  For decades, this council has prevented Turkey from slipping into the anarchy of new democracies like Indonesia or the stifling autocracy of many nearby Arab states.

95.  For the first time Arab states stretching from Morocco to Saudi Arabia were openly aligning with Israel and leaving Iran, Syria, Libya and Iraq on the sidelines.

96.  Generally speaking, the Arab states on the periphery, with their small populations, are also much more open to foreign influences.

97.  Had it held out indefinitely, rather than negotiate, its central national conceit of being the one Arab state to remain true to Arab ideals would remain intact.

98.  He called for direct talks between Israel and the Arab states, a proposal that the Arab states are unlikely to accept.

99.  He did not expand on whether this would involve more attention to the Gulf and the moderate Arab states as some have surmised.

100.  He dispatched his own foreign aides to the capitals of Syria, Egypt and other Arab states in an attempt to win their backing.