1.   Delay would mean that NATO would have to end its military mission without elections or postpone its withdrawal until next year or later.

2.   He was vague about his plans during the election campaign, suggesting at one point that he preferred postponing the withdrawal until talks on a final peace settlement.

3.   Peres, with the consent of Yasser Arafat, delayed that partial withdrawal until after the Israeli elections.

4.   This time, back pain had him debating withdrawal until Wednesday.

5.   David Bar-Illan, a senior adviser to Netanyahu, said Israel would not agree to any further withdrawals until after a final peace settlement was reached.

6.   Former premier Shimon Peres delayed the withdrawal until after the May elections, which were won by Netanyahu.

7.   Former premier Shimon Peres delayed the withdrawal until after the May elections, which were won by hardliner Netanyahu.

8.   Israel was to have withdrawn from most of Hebron in March, but former premier Shimon Peres delayed the withdrawal until after the May elections.

9.   Netanyahu has said there would be no further troop withdrawals until West Bank rioting and violence ends.

10.   Israel has refused to reveal the scale of withdrawal until Syria commits itself to normal diplomatic relations with open borders.