TO GO WITH STORY BY HAZEL WARD: "Mideast

TEKOA, -: TO GO WITH STORY BY HAZEL WARD: "Mideast-Israel-settlers-Hamas" Israeli Menachem Froman, the Rabbi of the West Bank Tekoa settlement, gestures during an interview with AFP at his home in the settlement south of Jerusalem, 07 February 2006. Froman is convinced that a peace agreement can be reached with the radical Hamas group through mutual religious understanding. Last month, fear struck deep in the heart of Israel when the radical Islamist movement won a landslide victory in the Palestinian elections. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP via Getty Images)