81.  But Palestinian officials are hoping that they will be mollified by the many immediate rewards from the revived peace process.

82.  But Palestinian officials said that nothing had been resolved at the meeting, and that Arafat had agreed to security meetings only if American representatives were present.

83.  But Palestinian officials said the Israeli air strikes made the order impossible to carry out.

84.  But Palestinian officials apparently rejected that offer in a rare joint security meeting with Israelis on Wednesday night.

85.  But Palestinian officials said Barak was overreacting to a prison release that was ordered by Palestinian judges because the men were being held without charges.

86.  But Palestinian officials said that their preconditions would merely metamorphose into conditions at the negotiating table.

87.  But Palestinian officials were led to believe that they would be more satisfied this time.

88.  But recently Israeli security officials have said that his power has frayed, a change that Palestinian officials acknowledge.

89.  But Palestinian officials accused the Israelis of backtracking on an earlier agreement that the envoy, a European Union official named Alistair Crooke, would enter the church.

90.  But Palestinian officials called it an assassination, and said that it was the ninth deliberate murder of a Palestinian militant by the Israelis in recent weeks.