21.  But it proposed leaving to future negotiations whether refugees would be allowed to settle in the Palestinian areas.

22.  But Pazner said Israel reserved the right to re-enter Palestinian areas.

23.  Checkpoints to Palestinian areas were closed for security.

24.  Down the line, the Japanese are expected to participate in huge regional infrastructure and development plans, including some in Palestinian areas.

25.  Earlier in the week, Israel launched a series of air strikes and incursions of ground troops into Palestinian areas.

26.  Each deeper incursion into Palestinian areas by Israeli troops appears to have hampered U.S. efforts to build Arab world support for a U.S. attack on Iraq.

27.  Emigration from Gaza to Israel or to Palestinian areas in the West Bank is forbidden by the Israeli authorities.

28.  Fear is growing within the Palestinian areas that criticism of Arafat and his aides will not be tolerated.

29.  For more than a decade, US and Israeli officials have looked to those forces to police Palestinian areas.

30.  For those living in the Palestinian areas, a trip abroad offers an escape from their grim life of the past five months.