SALAMI TACTICS

PA demands further Gaza withdrawal By NINA GILBERT
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Mohammed Dahalan, in charge of coordinating disengagement with Israel, has raised questions on the status of the current Gaza Strip border demarcations, according to National Security Council chief Giora Eiland. A moshav, Netiv Ha'asara, is situated in the disputed area. ...

The matter of borders was raised during discussions with Dahlan on new border entry points into Gaza. According to Eiland, in talks with Israeli counterparts, Dahalan claimed the northern Gaza border had been moved 2 km to the south, and the Palestinians were demanding that it be recognized as such according to 1949 armistice lines. But Eiland insisted Israel had made it "clear" to the Palestinians that the Gaza border recognized by Israel was set with Egypt in 1950 in a protocol with a map, and the same border was reconfirmed in 1994 under the Oslo accords. He said that the protocol had recognized a land swap in which the territory of the strip had been moved south by 2 km but had also moved to the east.

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? HIZBALLAH PLAYS THIS SAME GAME ON THE LEBANESE BORDER.

Shaba Farms Isn't Hizballah's Only Excuse - Yoav Stern
Between 1920 and 1923, about 20 villages in the Upper Galilee were considered part of Lebanon under the French Mandate, and not as part of Palestine under the British Mandate. In 1923, the border was redrawn further to the north, an action that placed these settlements under British Mandatory rule. Hizballah is demanding that the territory between the two borderlines be returned to Lebanon. During last month's election campaign in Lebanon, Hizballah declared that Lebanese territory includes not only the Shaba Farms area, but also the region formerly occupied by "the seven villages" - the region that was transferred to the British Mandate in the 1920s. (Ha'aretz)