11.  Israel has dropped all obstacles to hardline members of the PNC travelling to Gaza for the meeting to ensure it goes ahead, as planned.

12.  A session of the Israeli parliament has already been set aside for Thursday, and Netanyahu can expect bitter opposition from hardline members.

13.  Even such a restricted redeployment was fiercely opposed by hardline nationalist members of the government and Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

14.  Even the restricted redeployment was fiercely opposed by hardline nationalist members of the government and Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

15.  The US position is vital as Washington is the most hardline Council member concerning the possible oil-for-food deal.

16.  The US position is critical as Washington is the most hardline Council member concerning the possible oil-for-food deal.

17.  They are the most hardline Security Council members concerning an accord with Iraq, which has been under crippling economic sanctions for more than five years.

18.  Sobeih said Palestinian leaders asked Cairo to host the Fatah meeting to ensure several hardline members, who refuse to travel to the self-ruled Gaza Strip, will attend.

19.  The meeting did not take up demands by some hardline members, however, for a blanket freeze on normalizing ties with Israel.