31. He will soon join his family which has retreated deeper inside the security zone. 32. He wants to build security zones, with literal fences, between Israeli and Palestinian populated areas. 33. He said that all refugees entering the security zone were disarmed and that no military actions could be launched from the haven. 34. His government withdrew Israel unilaterally from its last, thin security zone in southern Lebanon and got, for his pains, only new harassment on the border. 35. However, the security zone would necessarily outline the autonomous areas to be handed over to Palestinian control. 36. In return for a halt Israel agreed not to attack beyond its security zone in southern Lebanon. 37. In Moscow last week, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signaled that the current operation to carve out a security zone in Chechnya could become a longer campaign. 38. Israel maintains a nine-mile-deep security zone inside Lebanon along the border. 39. Israel has been mired since, and periodically bloodied, in the narrow, supposed security zone that was all it could maintain against contrary international pressure. 40. Israel has proposed three security zones, one patrolled by Israelis, one by Palestinians and a buffer covered by joint patrols. |