Because of this, it may already be too late to salvage the election proposal.

The subject of the talks is Israel's election proposal, which we support."

Before leaving Cairo, he said the Israeli election proposal "has elements than can be built up."

But the court said that the commission began to change its interpretation in 1990, at first inconsistently, to bar votes on all election proposals.

It was also agreed that the request from the Secretary of State to give the elections proposals a trial could not be accepted.

The election proposal may be just a way for Mr. Shamir to gain time.

On Wednesday, the panel is to vote on whether to put the special election proposal and 13 others on the ballot this fall.

Perhaps it could be a cross-party maryoral election proposal with the Green party, steadily gaining support and credibility.

Mr. Shamir's election proposal is all the Bush Administration has to work with.

The Shamir election proposal is right.

But even beyond this disagreement is the resistance among the guerrilla leaders to elections, an obstacle that has prompted widespread skepticism here over the election proposal.

The Victorian Greens also included the route in its 'The People Plan' election proposal.

The Israelis need the election proposal to maintain an impression in the United States that they are taking the offensive in seeking peace.

Asked if he would be able to overcome right-wing opposition to the election proposal within the conservative Likud party, he said: "I think so.

Moreover, he indicated, Washington believed that Mr. Shamir's election proposal was the best basis for peace talks at this time.

Sinn Fein denounced the election proposal as a delaying tactic, although it has not explicitly rejected the notion of elections.

The commission, in a public meeting yesterday, approved some of the language that it intends to use in the nonpartisan elections proposal for voters in November.

But rather than send an envoy now, Administration officials said they intend to redouble their efforts to find a "Palestinian partner" for the Israeli election proposal.

There is just no sense in us getting into a theological argument with Shamir over the relationship between the Likud conditions and the Government election proposal."

"We have long said that getting a dialogue going is essential if the Israeli election proposal is to have a real chance for success," an official said.

"First, they don't want to move on the Israeli election proposal without a sanction from the P.L.O in Tunis," he said.

Mr. Sharon openly challenged Mr. Shamir over the elections proposal at a party meeting last summer.

Mr. Baker said the Israeli election proposal provided a "constructive" opening that Israel and the Palestinians should try to build on by reaching a common approach.

It has to come from the P.L.O. And in practical terms it has to be a step to accept the Israeli election proposal.

'Always One' With Mubarak Western diplomats said the election proposal would be at the center of King Hussein's talks in Washington.