51.  Arab states have condemned the violence and called for an urgent Arab summit to address the crisis.

52.  Arab states see those resolutions as the cornerstone of any agreement, but the United States had chosen not to focus on them in recent years.

53.  Arafat on Wednesday urged Israel and the front-line Arab states of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria to use the Israel-PLO agreement as springboard to regional peace.

54.  Armed conflict with the Palestinians is possible, but war with neighboring Arab states is unlikely.

55.  As a correspondent, it was the Arab states, not Israel, that I wanted to cover.

56.  As Washington built an alliance with Arab states, then-President Bush was furious that Hussein had opted out.

57.  At a minimum this means securing access from some Arab states for our troops, planes and ships, and tacit support from other friends.

58.  At that time Arabs, who were asking for an Arab state, never mentioned Jerusalem.

59.  Barak will want the Palestinians and surrounding Arab states as silent coalition partners as well.

60.  Before the attacks, the trip would have put considerable pressure on moderate Arab states such as Egypt and Jordan.