1. And once the Sabbath ended, armed Jewish settlers began blocking junctions, Israeli television said, and in some cases stoning cars that had Palestinian license plates. 2. Another unresolved issue reportedly centers on where armed settlers have the right to move in the city. 3. But violent confrontations between armed settlers and Palestinians are not likely to end any time soon. 4. Israeli soldiers guard the tomb, which is also home to a Jewish religious school run by armed settlers. 5. Palestinian officials said that youths in the village looked up and saw armed settlers descending. 6. The continuing clashes have raised fears that armed Jewish settlers or extremists could clash directly with the Palestinians. 7. The driver, Ahmed Abdul-Hamid Hamideh, was shot dead at the scene by armed Israeli settlers. 8. Palestinians charge that armed settlers harass and threaten them. 9. Armed Israeli settlers have begun conducting patrols and escorts along key roads connecting settlements in the West Bank with Jerusalem, settler spokesman Yeshoshua Mor-Yosef said. 10. Dozens of armed Jewish settlers and Palestinian parents scuffled outside an Arab elementary school Wednesday, screaming threats and spitting at each other. |