piece by piece

Clearly the Israeli defense ministry is here compensating for their plan to destroy and evacuate eight Palestinian villages in south Hebron district. Who can complain about that?

From 2002:

Feb 25, 2002 - Aharon Gorov, 46, of Nokdim, was one of two people killed in a terrorist shooting attack between Tekoa and Nokdim, south of Bethlehem.

Aharon Gorov and Avraham Fish were killed while driving home to participate in a Purim holiday celebration shortly after 4 PM. Gorov was returning early in order to play the accordian at the Purim party. Fish's daughter, Tamar Lipschitz, in her ninth month of pregnancy, was shot in the lower abdomen, and her daughter Karine, 4, suffered from shock.

From 2001:

A meeting between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres was postponed Thursday after an Israeli woman was shot and killed near Bethlehem in the West Bank.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the meeting, arranged in response to a cease-fire called by Arafat on Tuesday, would not now take place within 24 hours as had been expected.

The Palestinian group "Al-Aqsa Martyr's Battalion," which is associated with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, claimed responsibility for Thursday's drive-by shooting that left Sarit Amrani, 26, dead near the Jewish settlement of Tekoa.

According to Israeli medical relief sources, the couple's three children were in the back seat of their vehicle during the shooting but were not hurt.

http://articles.cnn.com/2001-09-20/world/mideast.truce_1_cease-fire-sarit-amrani-mideast-meeting?_s=PM:WORLD

And WTF does this have to do with settlements.
And WTF... from 2001 and 2002? Must be a slow day at the office.

The has been a lot of bad blood between the residents there and local Palestinians for some time.