1.  Although he has questioned the effectiveness of such closings, Rabin warned on Sunday that he would take similar measures if Palestinian attacks on Israelis continued.

2.  An Israeli official told the Associated Press that weekend agreements for calming the violence were voided and Israel would likely launch new strikes in retaliation for Palestinian attacks.

3.  Arafat has been trapped inside since early December, after an earlier series of Palestinian attacks.

4.  As a nation operating under democratic principles Israel exercises self-restraint when defending itself and retaliating against Palestinian attacks, Sharansky said.

5.  As Israelis held funerals for four of the six soldiers killed the day before, they were furious and nervous about the upsurge in Palestinian attacks.

6.  As the bloodshed mounted from Palestinian attacks and Israeli reprisals, Bush came down on Arafat with increasing force.

7.  A recent rash of Palestinian attacks on Israeli troops has rocked Israel.

8.  But among the Israeli public, the army incursions are widely believed to have made the country safer from Palestinian attacks.

9.  But Gissin rejected the idea that the raids on the refugee camps had anything to do with the Palestinian attacks.

10.  But Christopher suggested again Wednesday that Israel cannot be expected to withdraw its army from the occupied West Bank until Palestinian attacks on Israel come to an end.