11.  Sharon had said he planned to continue the meetings, and in Washington he said it was necessary to encourage an alternative leadership to replace Arafat.

12.  But Israel has gone so far as to suggest the names of several Palestinian officials as an alternative leadership for future negotiations.

13.  They feel we are emerging as the alternative Tamil leadership.

14.  Israel has even gone so far as to suggest the names of several Palestinian officials as an alternative leadership for future negotiations.

15.  Sharon publicly announced in Washington that his aim was to speed up the emergence of an alternative leadership of the Palestinian people with whom his government could do business.