61.  Asked if he believed he would live to see a Palestinian state, Arafat said, "No doubt, no doubt."

62.  He is worried about a Palestinian state.

63.  He said he still sees Israel and a Palestinian state trading goods and not bullets and living in peace.

64.  He said Israel should also announce its readiness to withdraw from the occupied territories and allow the establishment of a Palestinian state.

65.  He said it would be possible, however, to promise recognition of a Palestinian state when certain conditions were met, or outline a timetable toward a settlement.

66.  He has long insisted that any Palestinian state be demilitarized.

67.  He wanted to appear to be talking about Arafat's seemingly fungible deadline for unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state.

68.  He said he would prevent a Palestinian state and would not hand back the Golan Heights to Syria.

69.  He is now as committed as his father to the creation of a Palestinian state but in a completely different way.

70.  He said Israel will be secure only after it recognizes a sovereign Palestinian state along the lines demanded by the Palestinian Authority.