1.   Archaeological finds there include remnants of ancient synagogues and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

2.   After the Israeli strikes, confrontations continued into the night Thursday in the West Bank cities of Hebron and Jericho, where an ancient synagogue was reportedly damaged.

3.   Recent attacks on Jewish centers in France and an ancient synagogue in Tunisia have been attributed to Arabs or Muslim fundamentalists.

4.   In the West Bank town of Jericho, dozens of Palestinians set ablaze an ancient synagogue.

5.   The torching of an ancient synagogue.

6.   Then Palestinians burned an ancient synagogue in Jericho, which the Palestinian Authority later repaired.

7.   Two rare religious manuscripts written on sheep skin were stolen from an ancient Samaritan synagogue in the West Bank, a leader of the tiny sect said Thursday.

8.   Four settlers armed with automatic rifles or machine guns prayed in the ancient synagogue which is under the protection of the new Palestinian police.

9.   In another development, the Palestinain police reopened an ancient synagogue near Jericho closed since the Israeli-Palestinian clashes in late September.

10.   A Palestinian policeman stood guard outside the ancient synagogue of Jericho on Friday, pledging it would remain open to Jews under Palestinian self-rule.