In addition, settlers in Hebron also attacked local Palestinian shopkeepers.

Farmers said settlers had attacked them, shooting in the air and using gasoline to torch the cars.

The commander, who spoke on condition he not be named, said he did not expect the settlers to attack security forces.

A Jewish settler shot and killed an Arab here today, saying the man had attacked him and a companion.

A hundred or more Jewish settlers gathered near the site of the stoning today and attacked nearby Palestinian shops and homes.

Even the prohibition against killing noncombatants does not apply to Israel, where, the scholars said, civilians and settlers have attacked Muslims and taken their land.

It has been reported that adult settlers harass and attack Palestinian families and even children.

The settlers also attacked a left-wing militant and then struck soldiers who rescued the man.

Estate owners and managers were strongly against it, and many European settlers bitterly attacked it.

The Israel radio said settlers also entered neighboring Arab villages and attacked Arab-owned cars in other areas.