1.   In a later appearance, the Virgin was said to have told Juan Diego to gather roses that miraculously were growing on the barren hilltop in December.

2.   Israeli bulldozers continued to pave a road to the barren hilltop area for the new neighborhood on the disputed hilltop north of Efrat.

3.   The barren hilltop was the scene of settler protests over the summer, when soldiers and police repeatedly dragged protesters off hills outside settlements around the West Bank.

4.   The barren hilltop was the scene of settler protests last summer, when soldiers and police repeatedly dragged protesters off hills outside settlements around the West Bank.

5.   With few natural forests Israel expends much effort to plant barren hilltops.

6.   The Palestinians come out of their cave dwellings, barely visibly in the lee of the barren hilltop.