Also,Israel will not halt construction in disputed East Jerusalem, which it sees as part of the indivisible capital of the Jewish state.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Israel claims all of Jerusalem as its eternal capital, but the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

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

Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.

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In a press briefing, White House deputy spokesman Josh Earnest not only refused to acknowledge that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

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And it stresses that Jerusalem, a city with a current Muslim population of about 280, 000, "will always be the undivided capital of Israel".

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