We hear the Israelis announcing in the loudspeakers that nobody is allowed to enter, to leave the compound, or to move between the different buildings on the compound, and anybody who will be seen outside will be shot and dead,

It seems they are moving toward agreeing on vague formulas,

Palestinians were hoping that the withdrawal would lead to improvements in their movements, but things have been deteriorating.

President Arafat is in control, but President Arafat is not trying and has no interest in stopping the peaceful Palestinian protests against the Israeli occupation. He believes that this is useful because his public is angry and frustrated.

Security zones should be partly in one state and partly in another, and it should be by agreement, but Israel is working on a unilateral basis,

Israel is working on a unilateral basis. They didn't ask us to do this. Israel is still an occupying force,