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

It said Gilo is an integral part of Jerusalem and that building in the neighborhood has continued unabated for decades.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

He said he and his family are willing to become martyrs for the sake of a Palestinian-controlled Jerusalem and its Muslim holy sites.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

A spokesman for the ruling Palestinian Fatah faction says the group called for a general strike in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

The indictment says he committed the crimes while serving as mayor of Jerusalem and as a cabinet minister, before being elected prime minister in 2006.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

On Friday,his schedule includes meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

This allegedly occurred when he served as mayor of Jerusalem and a Cabinet minister, but the allegations only surfaced after he became prime minister in 2006.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

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

In the proximity talks, U.S.envoy Mitchell - a former Senate Majority leader - is expected to shuttle between Israeli officials in Jerusalem and Palestinian officials in the nearby West Bank town of Ramallah.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

The Israeli leader wants to avoid entering full-fledged peace negotiations with the Palestinians that would require Israel to make concessions on sensitive issues such as the status of Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Despite U.S.demands for Israel to stop or restrain construction of Jewish housing in disputed East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, during the Biden visit Israeli officials announced their approval of construction of 1,600 new Jewish housing units in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Jewish rebels defeated a Greek-Syrian army and reclaimed their temple in Jerusalem.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Israel captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed it in a move that was not recognized internationally.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

He stands above a heap of shattered concrete and twisted metal on a windswept hillside in Arab East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

They want to keep the ban to pressure Israel over the status of Palestinians and Israel's encroachment in Arab parts of Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Mr.Obama has lost popularity in Israel because of American pressure to halt Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says that will not happen until Israel stops all settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Israel has approved construction of 900 new units in mostly Arab east Jerusalem despite objections by the United States and the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Mitchell will press Israel to halt Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and disputed East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Palestinians want east Jerusalem to be the capital of a future state they hope to establish in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The Palestinians say they will not return to the negotiating table until all settlement activity stops, both in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Palestinian leaders have said they would seek statehood recognition from the U.N.Security Council for an area comprising the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

In Jerusalem Tuesday, Mitchell said any disagreement between Washington and Israel are not disagreements among adversaries.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

U.S.policy says the status of Jerusalem must be resolved through negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Speaking after meeting with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman in Jerusalem, Mr.Moratinos said both Israel and the Palestinians should enter direct, face-to-face talks without preconditions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28