11.  A quiet challenge to the violent demonstrations and gun battles that have marked the new intifada have been growing within the Palestinian leadership and the academic and business elite.

12.  Also in Gaza on Tuesday, Barak addressed soldiers at an army base, speaking as well to the Israeli people and to the Palestinian leadership.

13.  Bush called for a new Palestinian leadership before a Palestinian state could be created.

14.  Bush demands a change of Palestinian leadership to pave the way toward a Palestinian state at some point in the future.

15.  But after the Americans promised early this week to help him push for a final negotiated deal within a year, Arafat urged the Palestinian leadership to be patient.

16.  Bush wants us to return to an interim process, but with a new Palestinian leadership.

17.  But both Hamas and Palestinian Authority officials said a splinter group within Hamas could break discipline and resume terrorist acts against Israel and the Palestinian leadership.

18.  But in recent weeks, one senior administration official said, a strong consensus emerged in the group on the need for change and reform of Palestinian leadership.

19.  But he also is a strong critic of the Palestinian leadership.

20.  But Israel continued to hold Arafat personally responsible, demanding that he act immediately against Palestinian violence or else make room for Palestinian leadership that would do so.