51.  It was the first summit to gather Israel and the three Arab parties with which it has made peace.

52.  It will be the first time that Rabin meets at the same time with the leaders of all three Arab parties with which Israel has made peace.

53.  Lebanon and Syria are the only Arab parties not to have made concrete progress toward peace with Israel, unlike Jordan and the Palestinians which have signed separate deals.

54.  Qatar has taken the case to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, while Bahrain wants it to be resolved among Arab parties.

55.  Syria and Iraq are ruled by rival branches of the Arab nationalist Baath party.

56.  The Arab parties now wanted to discuss the make-up and functions of a permanent commission on the displaced.