1.   A senior Israeli military source said the fear was that isolated Jewish settlements would be vulnerable to attack.

2.   But the idea of leaving only partial Israeli control over isolated settlements is one that many Israelis strongly oppose.

3.   Eleven were Palestinians, including five gunmen shot by soldiers during what the army said was an apparent attempt to attack an isolated Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.

4.   For the young Israeli couple, the wild deer and unspoiled landscape surrounding this isolated West Bank settlement is enough to persuade them to remain.

5.   Herman Schmidt, who had headed an isolated settlement of Germans in southern Chile, died of a heart attack on Friday, The Associated Press reported.

6.   In each zone, some of the land transferred from full Israeli control to joint Palestinian-Israeli control would encompass isolated settlements like Otniel.

7.   Israeli leftists are urging the government to evacuate the isolated settlements immediately and to make it possible for those settlers who want to leave to do so.

8.   Israel has begun building such a fence, but Sharon has said he will not discuss evacuating even isolated settlements until elections next year.

9.   Most of the development is slated for the large urban settlements close to Jerusalem, although some will take place in isolated settlements deep inside the West Bank.

10.   The Israelis even discussed the politically charged idea of pulling out of the isolated settlements inside and around Hebron, including the large Qiryat Arba settlement.