General Kaplinski maintained that the Israeli military pressure was "beginning to bear fruit."

"Israeli pressure is not resulting in a reduction of Palestinian willingness to fight," he added.

But domestic Israeli pressure for action is strong.

But it remains unclear whether the Palestinians, under tremendous Israeli pressure, can sustain their revolt for much longer.

Others argued that the changes were not the result of Israeli pressure, but of duty.

Many Palestinian officials blame Israeli military pressure for growing lawlessness in their cities.

Does he propose no Israeli pressure in response to a systematic killing of Jews?

He said Hamas risked looking weak, as if it were buckling to Israeli pressure.

Those behind any of these bombings are ordinary people subjected to different kinds of Israeli pressure.

So he staged the conference as a show of support and vowed that his people would never bow to Israeli pressure.