11.  Ben-Eliezer asked, referring to blockades on Palestinian areas in his characteristically swift, staccato delivery.

12.  Before dawn on Thursday, Israeli tanks shelled a Palestinian checkpoint in Ramallah, on the West Bank, and pushed into a Palestinian area in southern Gaza.

13.  A Hebron accord has been hung up over the issue of whether and how Israeli troops can re-enter Palestinian areas of the city to pursue terrorists.

14.  After an extensive operation in Palestinian areas early this month, Israeli tanks and forces pulled back when Zinni began his mission.

15.  After the assassination, Israeli troops, tanks and bulldozers began moving back into position near Palestinian areas.

16.  But in Palestinian areas, no such system has evolved, leading to widespread fear about the fate of property rights.

17.  But Israeli officials suggested that more military action in Palestinian areas is possible.

18.  But negotiations moved slowly and Israeli troops only Monday complied with U.S. requests that they withdraw from recently taken Palestinian areas.

19.  But more and more, the emerging Palestinian area is beginning to resemble a state.

20.  But it has also repeatedly used blunt force, invading Palestinian areas to draw fire and then wipe out its sources.