The settlements separate East Jerusalem from the West Bank.

定居点把东耶路撒冷和西岸分开了。

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In their latest proposal, the Americans said East Jerusalem should be included in the freeze.

美国人在最新的提议中称东耶路撒冷理应包括在停建协议中。

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Schools and shops are closed in East Jerusalem and throughout the West Bank.

整个东耶路撒冷以及约旦河西岸地区的学校和店铺都关闭了。

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But the Palestinians say the freeze is not enough to revive U.S.-sponsored peace talks because it does not include disputed East Jerusalem and some 3,000 Jewish homes already under construction in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

The Israeli government angered and embarrassed the Obama administration a week ago when it announced, as Vice President Joe Biden began a visit to Israel, that it will build 1,600 new Jewish housing units in mainly-Arab East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

The United States is seeking assurances from Mr.Netanyahu that such an incident will not be repeated, as well as pledges that it is prepared to discuss all of the core issues of the Middle East peace process - including Jerusalem - in talks with the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Last November, following Israel's decision to push forward with plans to build a settlement in the so-called 'E-1' area -- east of Jerusalem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank -- and build an addition 3, 000 housing units in occupied territory, Jeffery Goldberg wrote in Bloomberg of Obama's exasperation.

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But Israel regards East Jerusalem - which it annexed in 1967 - as its territory.

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The Israeli Cabinet did agree to allow campaigning in east Jerusalem -- except for militant groups.

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