51. In part because of the delayed cabinet approval, Israeli officials said there will be a delay of some days in the first troop withdrawals scheduled under Wye. 52. Instead, they anticipated a relatively quick Serb troop withdrawal, followed by a NATO bombing halt and then a U.N. Security Council resolution. 53. Israel was supposed to give land to the newly-formed Palestinian National Authority in three troop withdrawals of unspecified sizes. 54. Israel is scheduled to complete further troop withdrawals on the West Bank by next September. 55. Israelis, in turn, have postponed further troop withdrawals from the West Bank and the situation seems again at a standstill. 56. Israel is supposed to make phased troop withdrawals from some of the Palestinian lands it captured in wars. 57. Israeli troop withdrawals scheduled for this Friday were still unsettled Monday. 58. Israel and the Palestinians reached agreement on Israeli troop withdrawals from Hebron, a timetable for further pullbacks in the West Bank and the rescheduling of substantive peace talks. 59. It was meant to fulfill various aspects of the agreement reached last month on the Israeli troop withdrawal from most of Hebron. 60. Lebed has promised troop withdrawals and peace in the warring region. |
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