ISRAEL, U.S. RESUME STRATEGIC DIALOGUE

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel and the United States plan to resume a strategicdialogue suspended for more than a month because of the Sept. 11 Islamicsuicide attacks on New York and Washington. Government and defense leaders plan to arrive in Washington in thecoming weeks to discuss a range of strategic issues with the Bushadministration. This includes missile defense programs, Iranian strategicweapons programs and U.S.-Israeli defense cooperation.