51.  As long as settlements are built, he said, a Palestinian state will not be established.

52.  He could well attempt to bring the sides together again before the Sept. 13 deadline Arafat has set for declaring an independent Palestinian state.

53.  He has put on the table a proposal for turning 92 percent of the West Bank into a Palestinian state.

54.  He coined a motto that reflects his marketing quest and, he says, speaks to larger aspiration for an independent Palestinian state: "Drink locally.

55.  He did not utter the word Jerusalem or mention any of the other substantive matters, such as Palestinian refugees or the boundaries of a new Palestinian state.

56.  He is blunt in his support for a Palestinian state, but adds that he believes that it is the best path for Israel, too.

57.  He also said he would oppose an independent Palestinian state in "final status" negotiations scheduled to begin within two months.

58.  He praised as "very important and very positive" aU.S.-backed U.N. resolution, passed Tuesday, that endorsed a Palestinian state.

59.  He reiterated his call for a Palestinian state and endorsed virtually every other Palestinian claim, down to the most sensitive of all, a capital in Jerusalem.

60.  He felt the proposals still left Israel in control of East Jerusalem, which he wants someday to be the capital of an independent Palestinian state.