1.  Arafat is eager for Israeli troops to pull out as soon as possible from Arab cities and towns in the West Bank.

2.  As protests erupted again in Arab cities, Israeli warplanes struck targets in South Lebanon in response to rocket attacks by the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

3.  Because of that volatile mix, Hebron will be the last Arab city on the West Bank vacated by Israeli troops.

4.  Bethlehem is under Palestinian self-rule, Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel, and Jerusalem is under Israeli control.

5.  After years of violent confrontation, land is no longer the issue in the dispute over who controls this Arab city.

6.  But on the streets of Nazareth, the largest Arab city in Israel, religious affiliation is often undetectable.

7.  Critics say he should have acted at once to remove the Jewish extremists who had settled, provocatively, in the center of that Arab city.

8.  In fact, Tehran, compared with most Arab cities, is not very distinguishably Islamic.

9.  In six other Arab cities in the West Bank, Israeli troops will withdrawal completely in the coming months, leaving Palestinians to run their own affairs.

10.  In the next few months, Israeli troops will withdraw from Arab cities and towns and Palestinian self-rule will be extended in the West Bank.