1.  The centrepiece of the Arafat initiative was the creation of a UN-policed buffer zone between Israel and an independent Palestinian state.

2.  In a joint press conference the two leaders supported a Middle East peace conference and the creation of a Palestinian state.

3.  Predictably, the plan was rejected by the chief Israeli negotiator Elyakin Rubinstein, who described it as a plan for a Palestinian state in all but name.

4.  The recognition of our Palestinian state on our land with Jerusalem as its capital, under the leadership of our representative, the PLO.

5.  Also, President Bush just publicly endorsed the idea of a Palestinian state.

6.  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.

7.  America just told Israel publicly that it must end settlements, end the occupation and accept a Palestinian state to end the conflict.

8.  An international force, including Israelis, would be stationed along the Jordan River to monitor border crossings into the Palestinian state.

9.  An administration official declined to say after the meeting whether Clinton had addressed the matter of a Palestinian state with Arafat.

10.  And for increasing numbers of Palestinians here, political stability may only come not through a Palestinian state, but through political and economic partnership with the Hashemite Kingdom.