Israel's dovish Peace Now movement denies claims by the right-wing Israeli government that it has imposed a partial settlement freeze in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

All the fish would freeze in the wintertime.

所有的鱼都会在冬天结冰。

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I like to make a lot of stews in the winter that you can like then freeze, or beans and things like that, soups.

冬天我喜欢炖汤，比如你可以，把它冷冻起来，或者用大豆之类的东西做汤。

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They carried signs saying, you can freeze in the North Pole, but not in Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

It could be me that-- my cabin could burn down and I would freeze to death in the winter.

因为也许中招的会是我-,我的房子可能被烧毁,冬天我可能会被冻死。

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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

There would be no freeze in East Jerusalem, which Israel claims as part of its undivided capital and which the Palestinians seek as the capital of their future state.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The researcher said that before the body begins to freeze, cold can cause changes in brain chemistry which lead to hallucinations.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

In colder climates, parsley can go into the ground two to three weeks before the last winter freeze is likely to happen.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

Beans should not be planted until all risk of freeze has passed in the spring.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

And in winter, it may not freeze as deeply as areas without mulch.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

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

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

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

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

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

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

" 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

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

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

A report in Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper says the Obama administration feels such a freeze might lead to Arab concessions in the Mideast peace process.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

"I want to be very clear. In the Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem, there is not going to be a freeze, there cannot be a freeze.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

(Speech) The Prime Minister said the settlement freeze is limited and building in the West Bank will resume after 10 months, even if peace talks resume.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

The United States is pushing Israel to freeze settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, an issue that has soured relations between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

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

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

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

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

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

"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