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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1160105.html
U.S. Seeks Four-Month East Jerusalem Building Freeze
(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - The U.S. is demanding that Israel accept a four-month construction freeze in all parts of east Jerusalem. In exchange, the U.S. would pressure Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to hold direct talks instead of indirect talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. An official in Jerusalem said the U.S. administration is demanding that the construction freeze include Jewish neighborhoods such as Ramot, Neve Yaakov, Pisgat Ze'ev, French Hill and Ramat Shlomo.