51.   In the Gaza Strip, soldiers at a checkpoint near Israeli settlements killed a Palestinian when they fired on a taxi.

52.   In the streets outside the station and the hospital, men swore that a shell, fired from an Israeli settlement two miles away, set off the blast.

53.   In the short term, this choice involves a decision about Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

54.   Isareli forces moved in on Tuesday claiming it was in response to sniping and mortar fire on the nearby Israeli settlement of Gilo.

55.   Israeli settlements would be removed from Gaza and the West Bank.

56.   Israeli settlement construction has become a major stumbling block to resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks, which have been frozen since the Har Homa project began.

57.   Israeli settlements in the West Bank continue to grow and taunt the Arabs.

58.   Israeli settlement activity has been a major obstacle to the resumption of stalled negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

59.   It injured none and came several hours after Palestinians fired mortars at an Israeli settlement, injuring one person lightly.

60.   It has provocatively intensified Israeli settlement in the West Bank.