1.   No steps have been taken to protect the Awa or to remove settlers from their land.

2.   But the Israeli government has given no sign that it is about to remove settlers, mainly to avoid touching off a domestic political storm.

3.   Other soldiers have voiced concerns about the possibility that they would have to confront and forcibly remove settlers.

4.   Raviv publicly threatened to shoot any Israeli soldier who removed Jewish settlers from their homes, and he brawled with peace demonstrators on the streets of Tel Aviv.

5.   Opposition leader Ehud Barak said the government should act to remove the settlers.

6.   Palestinians demand that the settlers be removed, charging that they frequently attack Palestinians and destroy their property.

7.   Police pushed settlers out of the tents and took down Israeli flags, but made no immediate attempt to remove the settlers themselves.

8.   Police smashed windows and a glass door to get inside and remove the settlers before that house too was torn down.

9.   A group of hard-line lawmakers have threatened to topple the government if the settlers are removed by force.

10.   A few years would be needed to remove settlers from some outlying areas and install the fence, with gates and checkpoints along the way, he said.