Netanyahu said at a closed-door Knesset committee meeting that Israel would agree only to a partial reduction of housing construction and for a limited time, not the year the United States would like, said a government official who was not authorized to speak about the meeting and did not want to be identified.

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Earlier in the week, Netanyahu said in a closed-door Knesset committee meeting that Israel would agree only to a partial reduction of housing construction and for a limited time, not the year the United States would like, said a government official who did not want to be identified because he was not authorized to speak about the meeting.

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Small businesses have already said that they are reluctant to surrender partial control over their business in exchange for a small reduction in employees' rights.

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The rapid reduction of their exposure to equities means that a market rebound will bring only partial relief.

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