21.  But now frustration with the Palestinian leadership is re-emerging.

22.  But other initiatives based on dialogue and working with the current Palestinian leadership appeared to take shape Wednesday.

23.  But the Israeli government said through several official spokesmen that responsibility lay with the Palestinian leadership.

24.  But the Palestinian leadership condemned Sharon for threatening more of what it considers collective punishment.

25.  But the Palestinian leadership stopped the release, saying it feared Israel might assassinate the militant.

26.  Can the Palestinian leadership really change?

27.  Cheney sided with the Palestinian leadership and Arab states, declaring that the summit would be more productive with Arafat in attendance.

28.  Clearly a frustrated Palestinian leadership encouraged and approved hostile demonstrations.

29.  Christians have long been disproportionately represented in the Palestinian leadership, from the mainstream spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi to the radical dissident George Habash.

30.  During the long, televised Palestinian leadership meeting, Badrasawi has changed from his dusty work clothes and washed away the dirt that caked his eyebrows and hair.