U.S.officials have put pressure on the Israeli government to halt construction of settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

They live above the Mountain Aquifer, which the Palestinians share with Israel and its settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

They demand that Israel freeze all construction on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank before any negotiations start.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

Israel has offered to restrain construction on settlements in the West Bank, but has made no offers regarding construction in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

"Our report shows that the construction in the settlements never stopped and this is not a settlement freeze,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Nearly 300,000 Israelis live in the West Bank settlements, which are on lands captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab Israeli war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Her comments in Jerusalem Saturday praising Israel's offer to limit the expansion of Jewish settlements were widely criticized in the Arab world.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Israel wants negotiations without preconditions and is ready to offer no more than a partial, temporary freeze on construction in the settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

Israel says it will not build new settlements, but it reserves the right to build in existing communities to accommodate "natural growth."

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

About 10,000 Jewish settlers gathered in Jerusalem to protest the government's freeze on construction in West Bank settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

" These obligations include the total freeze of settlements including the natural growth in all the occupied Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem."

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

The Palestinians insist they will not go back to negotiations until Israel freezes all construction on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his decision to freeze construction in West Bank settlements for 10 months is proof that Israel wants peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

The U.S.official faced large hurdles this week, with all sides far apart on the key issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Israel's defense minister has ordered the army to use massive force to impose a freeze on construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

On the thorny subject of Jewish settlements, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for both sides to deal with the issue in negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

The Palestinians say they are hoping for an announcement that Washington will step up the pressure on Israel to halt construction in the settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Furthermore,Mr.Netanyahu has said he supports the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank - a source of enormous tension between Israelis and Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas has said he wants a complete freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank as a condition for direct talks.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The United States opposes any construction in the settlements, and settlers are outraged.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

a reference to permitting some construction in the settlements to accommodate "natural growth."

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

A poll marking hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first 100 days in office gives him positive marks despite a deepening dispute with the United States over Jewish settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

The freeze allows for buildings already under construction in West Bank settlements to be completed and does not apply to East Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as their future capital.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

About 180,000 Israelis live in Jewish settlements built around east Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17