1.   Besides, the prime minister has said in the past that he is ready to uproot settlements for peace with the Arabs.

2.   No settlements would be uprooted.

3.   Uprooting it and leaving it to gentiles is tantamount to uprooting a settlement from the Land of Israel.

4.   Peres said Israel would not use force to uproot Jewish settlements.

5.   Rabin has said in the past that he would not uproot any settlements before the end of the interim period.

6.   Army radio said the settlers demanded that Rabin promise not to uproot any settlements as part of an agreement with the Palestinians.

7.   Critics have charged that the separation idea is premature unless Rabin agrees to uproot Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

8.   Israeli leaders have sent repeated signals in recent months that they are willing to make concessions, such as uprooting Jewish settlements on the Golan in exchange for peace.

9.   Jewish settlers opposed Israeli compromise proposals offering the Palestinians most of the West Bank, a measure that would have uprooted many settlements.

10.   Netanyahu charged Thursday that Barak was too vague in declaring the Jordan Valley the security border of Israel and that Barak was hiding his real intention of uprooting settlements.