In light of their approach, we felt it just didn't make sense to participate in something that gives the impression of coordination and things going very well when in fact they have not been.

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.

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,

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,