1.   And Palestinians and US officials are waiting to see if he will live up to his promise to dismantle illegal settlements in the West Bank.

2.   After killing of settler, new calls by the left to dismantle the settlements.

3.   But, Barak lost in a landslide last week to Ariel Sharon, who refuses to dismantle any settlements.

4.   In their meeting, according to Sharon and U.S. officials, Bush raised the issue of dismantling Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory.

5.   Sharon also does not want to dismantle Jewish settlements on the West Bank, a major sticking point with the Palestinians.

6.   Then, he has hinted, Israel may dismantle certain settlements in the Gaza strip so that the Palestinians can have territorial contiguity in an independent state.

7.   Then, several prominent rabbis handed down religious rulings that called on their followers to disobey any army orders to dismantle Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.

8.   Other government officials have raised the possibility that some settlements would be dismantled and that some settlers might stay on under Palestinian rule.

9.   Palestinians demand that all the settlements be dismantled.

10.   Palestinians insist that all the settlements be dismantled, and settlers have been frequent targets of Palestinian attacks.