Israel's army commander said today that his troops would be given more riot training and riot control equipment to deal with Palestinian protests.

Israeli officials are using their own administrative regulations to break the Palestinian protests.

Israel's refusal to grant these demands over the years, despite a long peace process, has led to Palestinian protest, political action and political violence.

This summer its business and other leaders decided, as their part in the Palestinian protest against occupation, to withhold payment of Israeli taxes.

In fact, though, Palestinian protests have been restrained.

Palestinian protests over the last five weeks have brought about at least one profound change in Israeli thinking.

He said he hoped that an increase in injuries would discourage Palestinian protests.

He obviously took pride in the Palestinian protests.

Police officials said it was the most serious unrest in the city since Palestinian protests in 1976, in which four people were killed.

Palestinian protests notwithstanding, the tunnel did not impinge on Muslim holy ground.