1.   Only when that occupation ends, Burg said, can the corruption be rooted out, the messianism put aside and the energies of extremist settlers redirected.

2.   These, along with the often illegal acts of some extremist settlers, are aimed at halting the peace process.

3.   Violence by extremist settlers is not new.

4.   But now Israel is also reportedly concerned extremist settlers may try to provoke incidents by firing on PLO troops under the guise of self-defense.

5.   Extremist Israeli settlers took advantage of the stalled process and occupied more houses in the old city of Hebron before being evicted by police and soldiers.

6.   Extremist settlers have warned they will shoot at any armed Palestinians and will not recognize the authority of joint Israeli-PLO patrols.

7.   Extremist settlers, some of whom live in Hebron, have boasted that they have managed to sneak into the shrine.

8.   It was not immediately clear why Reuven Basson, who the radio said is jailed for murder, attacked the extremist settler with a metal rod.

9.   Mordechai said Israel could compromise no further on Hebron but added that measures will be taken against extremist settlers trying to create provocations.

10.   Mordechai said Israel could compromise no further on Hebron, but added that measures will be taken against extremist settlers trying to create provocations.