31.   Levy said no Israeli government had ever agreed to promise total withdrawal as a precondition for negotiations.

32.   Meles proposed the troop withdrawal as a first step toward lessening tensions between the two countries.

33.   Mubarak and the Palestinians want the resumption of the withdrawal as a confidence-building step.

34.   No Israeli government had ever agreed to promise total withdrawal as a precondition for negotiations, Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy told Israel radio.

35.   Some U.N. officials have criticized the section on heavy weapons withdrawal as too soft.

36.   Speculators bought heavily Monday, citing news of the withdrawal as a sign that the two-month conflict between India and Pakistan would soon draw to a close.

37.   Syria and Lebanon have said they will only recognize the withdrawal as valid if it is carried out according to U.N. resolutions.

38.   That is, an open-ended mandate with six-month reviews allowing progressive withdrawal as certain conditions are fulfilled.

39.   The current plan calls for reviews every six months, carrying out a phased withdrawal as various objectives are reached.

40.   They also are demanding a full Russian withdrawal as a precondition for talks, and some are not willing to conduct any negotiations.