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The rabbi is a veteran peacemaker who has made overtures to the Palestinian leadership and militant groups. He says a democratic Palestinian state in the West Bank is conceivable. -
The heart of the settlement is the yeshiva - or Jewish seminary - founded by Rabbi Fruman. Here, young religious Jews from around the world come to study holy texts. -
Tekoa is peaceful with no sign of the political controversy which surrounds the issue of Jewish settlements. There is an army unit based on the site, in case of emergencies. -
Homes in Tekoa cost between $90,000 and $150,000, while facilities include a winery, post office and a dairy. -
Boaz Moshkovich, 46, moved to Tekoa in 1989. An immigrant from the former Soviet Union, he says he would not leave Tekoa unless it fell under Palestinian Authority rule. -
Tekoa is one of about 70 settlements on the "wrong" side of Israel's West Bank barrier. Residents fear the barrier will become a border, leaving them disconnected from Israel. -
Day in pictures: 30 November 2005
A boy walks through a field of candles in Canberra, Australia, as part of a vigil for Van Nguyen, an Australian facing execution in Singapore for drug smuggling. -
A British Muslim visits the Imam Ali shrine in the holy Shia city of Najaf, Iraq, two days after two British pilgrims were killed in a Baghdad shooting. -
Sora, an information robot system, is on display at an international robot exhibition in Tokyo. -
Greenpeace activists use a laser beam to project the words 'Coal kills' onto a power station in northern Thailand. -
Dancers from France's Moulin Rouge in Mumbai (Bombay), India, perform in an effort to woo Indian tourists to France. -
Russian ice sculptor Ruslan Korovkov puts the finishing touches to an ice scorpion, due to be displayed at the Ice World festival in Lubeck, Germany. -
Tenor singer Luciano Pavarotti attends a news conference in Hong Kong, where he is on his farewell tour. -
Reuters - Tue Nov 29, 8:14 AM ET
Betty, an 11-year-old Rhino, nuzzles her newborn calf at the Friedrichsfeld Zoo in the German capital Berlin, November 29, 2005. The baby rhino was born on Saturday and has yet to be named. REUTERS/Finbarr O'reilly -
AP - Wed Nov 30, 6:20 AM ET
Russia's Sergey Aseev carves a white shark for the ice sculpture festival 'Ice World' in Luebeck, northern Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. 45 international artists will form icy art pieces on the theme 'Kingdom of Animals' for the event which opens Dec. 9 and ends Jan. 29. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper) -
AP - Wed Nov 30, 8:07 AM ET
Ferrari's new Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa from Brazil sits in his car before a testing session at Cheste's racetrack near Valencia, Spain Wednesday Nov. 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Fernando Bustamante) -
AFP/DDP - Wed Nov 30, 3:28 PM ET
Who are you rooting for..? : Young people with the flags of the nations participating in the 2006 World Cup painted on their face, pose during a press conference in Berlin. (AFP/DDP/Oliver Lang) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 3:17 PM ET
Mourning a cleric : Ahmad(R), son of assassinated cleric Hamza al-Issawi, mourns during the funeral procession for his father in the city of Fallujah, Iaqi. (AFP/Ibrahim Mohammed) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 3:20 PM ET
Listening to the Commander in Chief : US Naval midshipmen listen to an address by US President George W. Bush at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. (AFP/Paul J. Richards) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 6:51 PM ET
On patrol : An Iraqi soldier speaks with a young boy during a patrol in a neighborhood in Baghdad. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 6:54 PM ET
Tractor tire : Demonstrators are seen by a burning tractor during a protest by agricultural workers against the rising cost of fuel, in Jerez. (AFP/Jose Luis Roca) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 6:55 PM ET
On the border : Beneath an Iraqi flag, US Marines stand guard over a ceremony to restore Iraqi border security in the restive city of Kusaiybah, Iraq. (AFP/David Furst) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 6:56 PM ET
Greeting pilgrims : Pope Benedict XVI greets pilgrims and faithful on St-Peter square at the Vatican during his weekly general audience. (AFP/Vincenzo Pinto) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 7:00 PM ET
Driving for Ferrari : New Ferrari driver Brazilian Felipe Massa speaks with a mechanic during a training session on the Ricerdo Tormo racetrack in Cheste near Valencia, Spain. (AFP/Jose Jordan) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 7:00 PM ET
AIDS orphan : A Young HIV positive orphan peers through a window besides his cot at the Nyumbani children home, a hospice for AIDS orphans in Nairobi, Kenya. (AFP/Tony Karumba)