RAMALLAH, November 18 (JMCC) - Israeli hardliners await on Thursday a draft that would clarify the US  90-day moratorium proposal that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton introduced to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York last week.

The ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, whose ministers can make or break the deal, say they will let it go through if Israel receives explicit U.S. assurances that the building limits would apply only to the West Bank and not to east Jerusalem.

Palestinians want construction to halt in both war-won areas, which they claim for their future state along with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

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