1.  The Palestinians insist that Israel must stop its settlement work before talks can resume, while the Israelis have demanded stronger Palestinian action to fight terrorism.

2.  Unresolved issues include parallel Palestinian actions to insure Israeli security and to fight terrorism.

3.  At issue were U.S. calls for new Israeli pullbacks from the West Bank, broken up into stages, with withdrawals being made in exchange for specific Palestinian actions.

4.  Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai called the Palestinian action positive first step, but not one that resolves the question.

5.  First meeting of the U.S.-Palestinian committee that will convene every two weeks to monitor implementation of the Palestinian action plan for dealing with terrorism.

6.  However, an overdue Palestinian action plan to fight terrorism could knock back implementation even further.

7.  However, Sharon has said repeatedly that he has not been impressed by the Palestinian actions.

8.  Israel demanded concerted Palestinian action to stop militants from attacking Israel and arresting those who have carried out attacks as a precondition to other moves.

9.  Israeli officials are particularly concerned about continuing attacks by Palestinian militants and complain they have not yet received a Palestinian action plan for fighting terrorism.

10.  Israeli officials complain they have not received a Palestinian action plan for fighting terrorism that was promised during a nine-day summit at Wye Plantation in Maryland.