51.  According to Palestinian officials, Arafat was furious.

52.  According to Palestinian officials, Arafat will repeat a request to Clinton to have international peacekeepers sent to the region to provide a buffer between the Palestinians and Israelis.

53.  After a raucous funeral Thursday for a suspected Hamas bomb maker who was killed near here on Sunday, Hamas and some Palestinian officials accused Israel of assassination.

54.  After talks between Arafat and Rabin broke down on Thursday, a senior Palestinian official said the two sides were in a crisis.

55.  Ahmed Qurei, a senior Palestinian official, said the Palestinians welcomed a change in the Israeli leadership.

56.  Ahmed Qurei, a senior Palestinian official, said he and Peres were discussing a cease-fire and peacemaking initiative proposed by the Jordanians and the Egyptians.

57.  But a senior Palestinian official cautioned that the Israelis were, perhaps, expecting too much of the meeting and that the sense of urgency was misplaced.

58.  But a senior Palestinian official said that the idea of sharing sovereignty in East Jerusalem is now off the table, having been rejected by both sides.

59.  But after the meeting with Powell on Sunday morning, Palestinian officials repeated that Arafat would move against violence only after Israel withdraws.

60.  But another top Palestinian official said it was too soon to declare candidacies.