Sarai, by far, most of the population in the west bank is just seeking a place to live they can afford and are not hard core brooklyn settlers. Try talking to someone from the jenin area who lives there. real people are a good antidote for the organs of the press. zeev could well be correct about the high level strategy, but most of the people just would like a place to live. Last March I talked to someone who said the kids could not play outside becausue of the constatnt sniping by palestinin freedom fighters for the last several years while the kids were on the playground. this is the kind of thing CNN does not report. And this was well before the Israeli military moved into the west bank.