61.   Palestinian security officials say that militants also buy munitions from Israeli settlers.

62.   Separately, an Israeli settler shot and killed a Palestinian who, the army said, had attacked him with a knife in the West Bank.

63.   Sharon can show statesmanship by helping Netanyahu close this deal, even though it is opposed by the Israeli settlers whose cause Sharon has long championed.

64.   Soldiers and police charged with keeping the peace sometimes take sides in squabbles between Israeli settlers and Palestinians.

65.   The difference appears to be sudden opposition from Israeli settlers briefed on Tuesday by Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon, some officials suggested.

66.   The driver, Ahmed Abdul-Hamid Hamideh, was shot dead at the scene by armed Israeli settlers.

67.   The incident came just a few hours after another explosion wounded three teenage Israeli settlers.

68.   The Israeli settlers are less ideological and militant than in the West Bank.

69.   The Israeli settlers say they put it up because repeated invasions made them feel they needed a buffer to protect their greenhouses in a small settlement called Morag.

70.   The mobile homes are similar to those used by Israeli settlers establishing outposts.