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

"The message that we have communicated to all our brothers including Malema himself as president of the Youth League is that,'Restrain yourselves.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

He said Secretary Clinton's acceptance of Israel's offer to restrain - rather than freeze settlement growth has killed any hope of restarting peace talks anytime soon.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Haitian police officers that remain on the streets have been overwhelmed by the lawlessness surrounding them, at times resorting to shooting in the air to try to restrain the populace.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called late Saturday for all sides to return to talks and praised what she said are Israel's unprecedented concessions, which she said include its offer to restrain settlement growth.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

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