State the form of the infinitive. Identify the function of the infinitive. Translate the sentences.

1. The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank began an uprising to halt the Israeli occupation. (W.P.)

2. To return all Sinai to Egypt a 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt was signed. (M.T.)

3. The aim of an Arab-Israeli peace conference in December 1973 and American shuttle diplomacy was to withdraw Israel from the Suez Canal. (I.H.T.)

4. After the two meetings Israeli and Palestinians observers of the peace process said there was little reason to expect that the sides would soon break their stalemate and return to negotiations. (G.)

5. When Israeli tanks entered Palestinians –controlled territory in the Gaza Strip in April, US Secretary of state Colin Powell called the incursion ”excessive and disproportionate”. The tanks were quick enough to move out again. (BBC)

6. The Arab countries ought to be working to convince Palestinian Authority President Yassir Arafat to halt the violence and restart the negotiations. (M.T.)

7. To say that peace is in the interest of both sides is not to say it is inevitable. (I.H.T.)

8. ”There are no more relations to be opened until they go back to the right path of peace. If they have time-out, we also have a time-out,”said Mr.N., referring to the Israeli government’s decision to suspend the peace process for the time being. (F.T.)

9. The first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel was Egypt which joined Jordan in arguing for a more moderate stand. (M.T.)

10. Former Egyptian Foreign Minister, who has been active in negotiating with Israel, said:” Our intention is not to talk or fall into the trap of talking about peace proposals while we see that the Israeli government does not really mean it.”(I.H.T.)

11. The first step is to transform the “peace process”, which was in danger of succeeding in establishing a small Palestinian state, into a religious war process ”for control of Jerusalem and a state incorporating Jordan and Israel.” (W.P.)

12. Needlees to say, the Clinton administration also has to consider its relations with the wider Arab world, especially in an election year during which oil prices already have become an issue. But perhaps the most compelling reason for maintaining a partnership with Mr. Arafat, officials say, is the same one it has always been-he is the only leader the Palestinians have. (F.T.)

13. ”If the situation on the ground is to improve, then Israel must also take the economic and security steps that are necessary to alleviate the pressure and the humiliations of the Palestinian population,” said State Department spokesman.

Exercise 8.