1.  A Palestinian analyst said the deal could be a hard sell to the restless Palestinian people lead by Arafat.

2.  But it was widely believed by Palestinian analysts and those in the crowd that Arafat did not want to face hecklers.

3.  But Hourani, the Palestinian analyst, said the groups would probably give Arafat time for diplomacy.

4.  But some Palestinians say he has ties to corrupt officials, and he has had trouble expanding his reach beyond Gaza into the West Bank, Palestinian analysts say.

5.  But these problems seemed unlikely to evolve into a threat to his leadership, Palestinian analysts said.

6.  For all intents and purposes, said Zaqaria Qaq, a Jerusalem-based Palestinian political analyst, Arafat does not have the control he had three weeks ago.

7.  Ghassan Khatib, a Palestinian political analyst, said the Israeli offensive heightened popular support for the militants.

8.  Palestinian analysts said that despite the deal on the West Bank lands reached Tuesday, they suspected that their negotiators remained concerned about being sidetracked.

9.  Palestinian analysts suggested the suicide bombings were a message by militants - however brutal - that they could exact devastating suffering for Israeli strikes deep inside Palestinian territories.

10.  Palestinian analysts viewed the remarks as more than just name-calling.