buffer zone

Some Israeli officials have voiced support for emptying the area of Palestinians as a way to form a buffer zone.

Diamond miners who once operated within forested areas, including the buffer zone of the reserve, are prohibited from mining there and risk facing severe penalties if caught.

At one point Israeli troops marched on Beirut before eventually pulling back to a 400-square-mile “buffer zone” to, then as now, prevent attacks from Lebanon into northern Israel.

This summer, San Diego amended its decades old buffer zone law, requiring that patients seeking care at abortion clinics must give consent before a protester can approach them “verbally or physically.”

In his defiant speech last week, Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah dared Israel to attempt to create a buffer zone in southern Lebanon, something the head of Israel’s Northern Command is said to be pushing for.