An Israeli army Merkava tank speeds down a Jewish settler "bypass" road as it approaches...

An Israeli army Merkava tank speeds down a Jewish settler "bypass" road as it approaches the area where Jewish settlers, Israeli soldiers and Palestinians were in a gun battle October 11, 2000 on the outskirts of the Palestinian self-rule city of Nablus in the northern West Bank. [A large convoy of Jewish settlers travelling from the Alon Moreh settlement to the settlement of Yizhar for the funeral of Hillel Liberman, an American rabbi killed by Palestinians last weekend, was stopped and stone-throwing clashes erupted between the settlers and Paslestinians which quickly turned into a gun battle. Israel troops brought in three Merkava tanks in a show of force to quiet the area. Palestinians report three Palestinians were injured by live fire.]