41.   - government troops have not yet completed their own withdrawals to the nearest barracks in their areas.

42.   But Netanyahu has also softened his stance somewhat on the Golan, admitting that Syria could bring its demands for an Israeli withdrawal to the negotiating table.

43.   Despite military withdrawal to cool the situation, the war of words continued as both sides pressed their claim to the islet.

44.   Peres tried Wednesday to cool anger to his statement telling journalists the government had not agreed to the principle of a withdrawal to the international border.

45.   Rabin has offered a symbolic pullout to test Syrian intentions over three years, before the final withdrawal to a line still to be negotiated.

46.   Right-wing opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu accused Rabin of proposing a total withdrawal to Damascus.