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JPost:

Israel has given the American administration commitments that it will not build between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim, and that the contested project has been put on hold indefinitely, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday.

The comments were the first public confirmation by a top government official that Israel has frozen the controversial building plans in the wake of American pressure.

Why? What's the US stake in this? What does it cost them if Israel builds wherever it wants?