41.  In areas of disagreement, the draft contains both the Israeli and the Palestinian position, he said.

42.  Israel has rejected the idea of an international observer force which it believes would favor the Palestinian position.

43.  Israeli troops returned fire and at one point fired two tank shells at a building the army said was a Palestinian firing position.

44.  Israeli tanks were moved toward Palestinian-run Nablus, and in the Gaza Strip, troops fired anti-tank missiles at Palestinian positions, as Israel flexed its muscle.

45.  It contrasts with the Palestinian position, which has long held that the U.S. leans more towards Israel in negotiations.

46.  Israeli forces then destroyed a structure used as a Palestinian firing position, saying it was in an area under Israeli control.

47.  Nighttime raids on Palestinian positions and neighborhoods in Gaza were frequent before the cease-fire, negotiated by CIA director George Tenet.

48.  Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat would also send another high-level team to Washington shortly to explain the Palestinian position, an Arafat adviser, Tayeb Abdel Rahim, said Monday.

49.  That added to Palestinian fears that Syria and Lebanon might conclude peace deals with Israel, ultimately weakening the Palestinian negotiating position with the Jewish state.

50.  Tanks also fired shells at Palestinian firing positions in Beit Jalla.