11.  Israeli military units continued to storm Palestinian positions in other parts of the West Bank Monday night in a war that showed no sign of ending immediately.

12.  Israeli warplanes thundered over Gaza once again Friday as American-made Apache helicopters attacked Palestinian positions in the north and south.

13.  Nabil Shaath, a Palestinian minister, said that wide differences remained between the Clinton proposals and the Palestinian position.

14.  Participants said their aim was to arrive at an agreed document that would outline Palestinian positions in negotiations on a permanent settlement with Israel.

15.  Sharon marked his first year in office Wednesday speaking of war and ordering Israeli forces to attack Palestinian positions from air, land and sea.

16.  The cycle has led many to conclude that peace is impossible, a myth borne out of ignorance of the Palestinian position.

17.  The Israeli army reportedly responded early Friday with tank fire at three Palestinian positions on the outskirts of nearby Ramallah.

18.  The official Palestinian position has been that Abbas met Mordechai only to learn whether the Israelis had accepted proposals made by the Americans.

19.  Palestinian gunmen fired from several different neighborhoods at Jewish enclaves in the downtown area, and Israel responded by shooting tank shells at the Palestinian positions.

20.  Adviser Tayyeb Abdel Rahim said Arafat would to go Washington ready to explain the Palestinian positions.