1. In his visit with Netanyahu on Sunday, Clinton hopes to persuade the Israeli leader to move forward with promised troop deployments from the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 2. So far, fewer than half the promised NATO troops have reached Kosovo, which leaves many villages unpatrolled and makes verifying KLA demilitarization difficult. 3. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is expected to agree to such talks only after the promised Israeli troop withdrawal in the West Bank. 4. After two fatal bombings in Jerusalem, Netanyahu announced that Israel would not go ahead with a promised troop withdrawal from Palestinian land. 5. Analysts predicted some Chechen units would refuse to honor the accord, giving Moscow an excuse to slow its promised troop withdrawal. 6. Defense Minister Akis Tsochadzopoulos also told the Italians that Greece was ready to double the number of promised troops for a countrywide deployment. 7. Israel called off a promised troop withdrawal last month, citing what it said were Palestinian violations of the accord. 8. Israel and the Palestinians disagreed Monday over the timing of a promised Israeli troop withdrawal from the West Bank. 9. Israel radio reported that U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright telephoned Netanyahu from China Tuesday and urged him once again to move forward with the promised troop withdrawal. 10. Israel called off a promised troop withdrawal, citing what it said were Palestinian violations of the accord. |