71.  Sharon has said he is prepared to countenance the creation of a Palestinian state, but not before the Palestinian Authority has been remade and the Palestinian leadership changed.

72.  Some say that Israeli Arabs have been pressured and even paid off by the Palestinian leadership to campaign against them.

73.  That the Palestinian leadership was unwilling to criticize Sabri for his comments disappointed many Israelis and members of the Roman Catholic hierarchy accompanying the pope.

74.  Taken together, they reflect growing rifts in the Palestinian leadership over relations with Israel, the deterioration of public order in the West Bank and Gaza.

75.  The Carter connection encouraged the Palestinian leadership in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip to challenge the Israeli occupation.

76.  The escalating violence in the Mideast is horrifying, but the Palestinian leadership seems unwilling to rein it in.

77.  The Israeli perception is that the Palestinian leadership persists in its denial of the moral legitimacy of a Jewish state.

78.  The leading paper is the veteran publication, Al Quds, which is privately owned but closely allied with the Palestinian leadership.

79.  The Israelis also want to avoid being blamed for an over-reaction and keep diplomatic pressure on the Palestinian leadership.

80.  The Palestinian leadership, meeting Saturday, issued an appeal to Clinton to put real pressure on Netanyahu.