ISRAEL USES MASSIVE FORCE AGAINST OUTPOST

AMONA, the West Bank [MENL] -- Israel's military has employed the use of massive force to overcome civilian resistance to a government policy that called for the dismantling of unauthorized Jewish outposts in the West Bank. Israeli officials and commanders said the army and police have drafted a concept that envisioned the use of thousands of troops, including special forces, in any mission to destroy or evacuate Jewish outposts in the West Bank. They said the use of massive force was a key lesson from the rapid expulsion of 16,000 Jewish residents and their supporters from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank in August 2005.