31.   Those settlers are most often the die-hard ones.

32.   To Palestinians, settlers are the embodiment of illegal occupation.

33.   Two decades ago most Israelis considered the settlers to be oddballs spurred by messianism and nostalgia for the derring-do of Zionist pioneers.

34.   Unlike those in the West Bank, the Golan settlers are primarily secular and traditionally affiliated with the Labor Party of Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

35.   Within weeks, nearly all the settlers were sick.

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

37.   Palestinians say settlers are aggressive and the security measures make their lives impossible.

38.   Palestinian political analyst Ghassan Khatib said he believed the gunmen acted independently of the political leadership, but that the settlers were not targets chosen at random.

39.   Ratibey Bayid, whose three daughters attend the school, said settlers have been harassing pupils since classes began last week.

40.   A cement-block settler home was already under construction on the rocky ridge.