21.  Without the Israeli moves, Palestinian analysts say, Arafat will be hard pressed to win support for the cease-fire.

22.  Palestinian analyst Ghassan Khatib said it was easier for Arafat to crack down on the militants over the pro-bin Laden rallies than over the cease-fire which is largely unpopular.

23.  Palestinian analyst Ghassan Khatib said that after the Israeli military offensive, the Palestinian public would not tolerate a campaign by their own security services against Palestinian militants.

24.  Palestinian analysts said the American crackdown would have little effect on Hamas, which gets most of its funding elsewhere.

25.  Palestinian political analyst Ghassan Khatib said the legislators approval of the same ministers they had declared corrupt a year ago would undermine the credibility of the council.

26.  Palestinian political analyst Ghassan Khatib, who was one of the participants, said the meeting was not affected by the incident.

27.  Palestinians were too caught up with day-to-day difficulties to mark the day, Palestinian analyst Ghassan Khatib said.

28.  Palestinian political analyst Ghassan Khatib said he believed the gunmen acted independently of the political leadership, but that the settlers were not targets chosen at random.

29.  But Arafat has built up enough goodwill from Palestinians during the siege to allow him to weather the criticism about the deportations, Palestinian analyst Ghassan Khatib said.

30.  But Palestinian analyst Ghassan Khatib insisted this was unlikely.