21.  The violent demonstrations in occupied Jerusalem by thousands of Ethiopian Jews ... raise some important questions about the nature and sustainability of the Israeli state.

22.  Iran does not recognise the Israeli state and supports the Palestinian intifada or uprising.

23.  Among the religious leaders was rabbi Moshe Hirsh of the ultra-orhtodox Jewish sect Naturei Karta, which opposes the Israeli state and supports the PLO.

24.  Among the religious leaders was rabbi Moshe Hirsh of the ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Naturei Karta, which opposes the Israeli state.

25.  We have always made the security of the Israeli state and its population a priority.

26.  Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said he was prepared to accept an Israeli Jewish state side by side with a Palestinian state, in an interview late Sunday with CNN.

27.  Regardless of what Arab governments decide, the Arab people will never accept recognition of an Israeli state, he added.

28.  The Austrian chancellor was due to meet Israeli state President Ezer Weizman later Sunday before travelling to Gaza City early Monday for talks with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat.

29.  The burned building belonged to the Israeli state and would be rebuilt, Barnavi said.