11.   Arrangements for Hebron, the only West Bank city with Israeli settlements, proved to be the most difficult.

12.   As has been the case almost daily for months, the gunfire came from above the Israeli settlement, from a hilltop Palestinian neighborhood called Abu Sneina.

13.   As long as the Syrians held the Heights, they constantly shelled the Israeli settlements below, and their tanks stood poised to slice into northern Israel.

14.   As is often the case with Israeli settlements, numbers become complicated because they cover a broad range of housing categories.

15.   As housing minister in previous Likud governments, Sharon spearheaded large Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

16.   As the troops pulled out at the end of the day, two mortar shells landed near two Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip.

17.   Ashrawi said Israel has also allowed the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank to continue and has tightened its control over Jerusalem even more.

18.   At one point, the foreign minister left his car, climbed a hill and gazed across at Israeli settlements with a smile.

19.   Away from the cameras, Clinton and Netanyahu could also test some of their differences, such as the U.S. opposition to Israeli settlements on the West Bank.

20.   Bernard said he has seen Israeli settlements that nearly encircle occupied Arab areas and he can see why Palestinians feel threatened themselves.