21.   Dozens of Bedouin on Tuesday protested a court order that they must leave their West Bank tent camps to make room for an expanding Jewish settlement.

22.   Expanding settlement swallows Bedouin land.

23.   He said the Israelis eroded Palestinian trust by expanding Jewish settlements and roads in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

24.   His spokeswoman, Ofra Preuss, said there would be no comment on the allegations of expanding settlements until then.

25.   However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would not slow building, saying the peace accords already signed did not bar Israel from expanding settlements.

26.   However, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin opposes expanding Jewish settlements, which are a key sticking point in ongoing peace talks with the PLO.

27.   Israel takes first step toward expanding Jewish settlements in West Bank.

28.   Israeli troops dragged Bedouin tribesmen away from their homes Monday and bulldozed their metal shacks to make way for an expanding Jewish settlement.

29.   It also warned Israel against expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

30.   Israel radio reports said Wednesday that Netanyahu favors expanding existing settlements, but will refrain from building new ones for now to avoid a showdown with the United States.