Israel put terms for Lebanon pullout

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in remarks published yesterday that Israel would immediately withdraw from south Lebanon if guerrilla groups there were dismantled and other conditions were met.

He was speaking in English in an interview with Middle East T.V., run by Israel's local militia allies in the south which was broadcast on Friday with Arabic interpretation and carried in Nedaal Watan newspaper yesterday.

Netanyahu said the most important condition for a pullout was "the dismantling of guerrilla organizations and a guarantee for the future of our allies."

Netanyahu suggested that if his conditions were not met, Israel was prepared for a long-term presence in volatile south Lebanon, Al Ahrar daily said today.