While most settlers vow never to abandon the heart of the Jewish homeland, some say they want to move back to within the pre-1967 borders of Israel.

While most settlers vow never to abandon the heart of the Jewish homeland, some say they want to move back to within the pre-1967 borders of Israel.

Condoleezza Rice sought to strike a positive chord during the first visit by an American secretary of state to Jenin, a once-infamous hub of Palestinian militancy.

Condoleezza Rice sought to strike a positive chord during the first visit by an American secretary of state to Jenin, a once-infamous hub of Palestinian militancy.

The decision is one of a series of measures announced by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in response to a rise in violence by extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

The decision is one of a series of measures announced by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in response to a rise in violence by extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

The decision is one of a series of measures announced by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in response to a rise in violence by extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

At Joseph’s Tomb, a site in a Palestinian city that is sacred to religious Jews, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is boiled down to its very essence.

Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank, the third such fatality in three days. Israel said all three men had been holding firebombs.

Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank on Thursday, the third such fatality in three days. Israel said all three men had been about to hurl firebombs.