The provisional state existed for slightly over two years.

However, Arab governments have in recent days rejected the idea of a provisional state attached to only a vague timetable.

The plan calls for creating a provisional state in one year, without that Palestinian concession.

The occupation was to be a provisional state of affairs pending the conclusion of the war in the west, which at the time appeared imminent.

It was founded as a provisional state, in order to return the territory to the Ottoman Empire later.

The provisional state existed for slightly over two years and was never recognized by the United States government.

The character of the provisional Palestinian state will be determined through negotiations.

He believes a provisional state should endure for 10 or more years, rather than the 2 years specified in the plan.

Mr. Abbas is said by associates to hate the idea of a provisional state.

But the provisional state sounds a bit like Mr. Sharon's interim agreement.