21.   The Israeli settlers say they put it up because repeated invasions made them feel they needed a buffer to protect their greenhouses in a small settlement called Morag.

22.   The peasant settlers say they just want to work the land in peace.

23.   The settlers say that they could be attacked from neighborhoods overlooking their enclave if the areas fall under Palestinian control.

24.   The settlers say they are regularly fired at.

25.   The settlers say the mound cloaks a Maya ruin, perhaps a burial site.

26.   The settlers say the flag was part of a provocation that included the playing of the Palestinian national anthem through loudspeakers.

27.   This was a war foretold, the settlers said.

28.   With the Bible as their guide, settlers say they moved mobile homes here because they believed it was the site of ancient Hebron.

29.   Palestinians insist the settlements be dismantled, while the settlers say they will never leave their homes.

30.   A Jewish settler was stabbed and wounded Friday in the West Bank town of Hebron, settlers said.