1.  But more important to the decision, Jordanian analysts said, may have been the wishes of King Hussein, who had treated Hamzeh as his personal favorite.

2.  Kamhawi, the Jordanian political analyst, agreed.

3.  Some Jordanian analysts said they believed Arafat was really aiming his remarks at Israel.

4.  Rami Khouri, a Jordanian political analyst, said Assad also was speaking out of conviction.