21.   The plan would also allow penalty-free withdrawals for education and training, first home purchases, medical expenses and long-term unemployment.

22.   The settler movement was strongly supported by the right-wing Likud party, which opposed withdrawal for political but not religious reasons.

23.   There is also a case to be made for allowing pre-retirement withdrawals for education and home buying.

24.   They plan to make withdrawals for only two years, leaving much of the money for the future.

25.   This comes at a time when tax-exempt bond funds are seeing net investor withdrawals for a second consecutive year.

26.   Withdrawal for college will be allowed after three years.

27.   Withdrawals for succeeding years also will be lower than they were under the old schedule.

28.   Palestinians insist that Israel stick to the terms already stipulated in the agreements, which had set the withdrawal for March.

29.   Hard-line settlers believe they can stop Netanyahu from carrying out the Israeli withdrawal for months, through political maneuvering and mass protests.

30.   Israel and the Palestinians have been inching toward agreement on a Hebron troop withdrawal for weeks.