101.  Among the most difficult issues addressed by the Saudi proposal are the future of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the borders of any Palestinian state.

102.  If such an agreement is not reached, Arafat has said, he will unilaterally declare a Palestinian state.

103.  If supporting a Palestinian state is no longer the third rail of Jewish-American politics, what might Giuliani or other Republicans gain from keeping the issue alive?

104.  In 1993 Yitzhak Rabin decided to reverse himself, return most of the West Bank and create the foundations of a Palestinian state for Yasser Arafat.

105.  In 1948, David Ben-Gurion reached out to what was to be the Palestinian state.

106.  In 1999, she was one of only 25 members of Congress who voted against a resolution warning Yasser Arafat not to declare a Palestinian state.

107.  If the deadlock continues, Palestinian president Yasser Arafat has vowed to declare unilaterally a Palestinian state by May of next year.

108.  In a statement issued on Tuesday, for example, Aipac officials criticized President Bush's advisers who advocated support for the creation of a Palestinian state.

109.  If this is not done, the Israeli public will not tolerate a Palestinian state.

110.  In an interview in Cairo earlier this week, Mubarak said he would press Bush to support the declaration of a Palestinian state early next year.