Jewish settlement councils have declared a general strike to protest the Israeli government's freeze on construction in West Bank communities.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

The wine would freeze on the way from the kitchen through-- it is sad--to the big dining hall.

从厨房到宴会厅 酒全部都上冻了,这真糟糕,宽敞的舞会厅就这么成摆设了

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The market stability regulator, which would make sure that the markets don't freeze up on us we don't have a systemic crisis.

第一，市场稳定性调控者，要保证市场不会失去活力,保证我们不会有系统性危机。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The United States and Palestinians have demanded a complete freeze on settlement construction, but Israel refused and has offered a partial freeze.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

The U.S.has demanded a complete freeze on settlement expansion, including natural growth, but Mr.Netanyahu is offering a compromise.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The Palestinians have demanded a complete freeze on settlement expansion before returning to negotiations and reject Israel's offer of a partial freeze.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

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

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

The Obama administration wants a total freeze on settlement expansion something Mr.Netanyahu has said Israel will not do.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

An aide to President Abbas accused the Obama administration of backtracking on its earlier promises to push for a freeze on settlement construction.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Israel says it wants negotiations without preconditions and has offered only a partial freeze on construction.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

He has proposed a freeze on some domestic spending, and sought a bipartisan commission to craft a plan to tackle America's long-term fiscal imbalances.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

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

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

Israel has rejected U.S.demands for a total freeze on settlement construction, souring relations with Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

But Israel says the Palestinians imposed an unacceptable precondition namely,a complete freeze on settlement expansion.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

An estimated 30,000 people marched through Athens Thursday in a second wave of protests against civil service pay cuts and a freeze on pensions worth $6.5 billion.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said a temporary freeze on settlements - which is set to expire September 25 - is a separate issue from face-to-face talks.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

U.S.President Barack Obama has proposed a freeze on non-entitlement domestic spending, while awaiting recommendations from a bipartisan commission tasked with charting a course to a balanced federal budget.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Israel plans to build nearly 700 new apartments in disputed East Jerusalem, defying demands by the United States and the Palestinian Authority for a freeze on settlement construction.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Israel has been agitated by President Obama's plan to open a dialogue with Iran, while pressing for a one year freeze on Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

The United States has demanded a complete freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank and disputed East Jerusalem, and Israel's refusal has strained ties between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"Be very clear, the issue of climate change is connected to development, it is connected to growth, and no country in the world can accept a freeze on its development,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached out to Jewish settlers angry over his plan to declare a partial freeze on settlement construction in response to demands by the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"Let us settle it, expand and love our homeland." Mr.Netanyahu reluctantly imposed a partial freeze on West Bank construction under pressure from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

While Israel has imposed a partial freeze on construction in the West Bank, government spokesman Mark Regev says that does not apply to Jerusalem, which Israel says is the eternal capital of the Jewish people.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

In Florida, as temperatures fell to record lows, citrus growers sprayed water on their trees to help prevent freeze damage.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Those disagreements center on U.S.calls for Israel to freeze construction on Jewish settlements on lands claimed by the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

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

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

President Obama called for a return to peace talks on Thursday, two days after the Israeli government announced a partial settlement freeze in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21