The amendments mean pursuing Jewish settlements and not resuming the negotiations from the point where they left off.

I believe this pre-empts and prejudges issues that are reserved for final status negotiations. Any talk of pre-empting and prejudging is counterproductive to the peace process.

Of course, Mrs. Arafat did not mean poison gas, but tear gas. We agreed with President Clinton that the Palestinians and Israelis must resolve their differences through dialogue and negotiations.

I see ourselves in the opposition, not in the coalition.

This is very dangerous and could easily go from bad to worse, ... It is not in the Israeli or Palestinian interests for this violence to continue.

I don't think we can classify it legally as an international border now because Gaza is not free of occupation.