Thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters have staged a rally in Jerusalem in protest at a curb¹ on settlement building in the West Bank.

成千上万的犹太人定居者以及他们的支持者在耶路撒冷举行机会抗议对约旦河西岸定居点的限制。

Demonstrators gathered outside the residence of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, days after he ordered a 10-month lull暂停，间歇 in permits for new settlement homes.

The order followed US calls for a total freeze in settlement building.

Israel said the move was aimed at helping³ restart peace talks, but Palestinians巴基斯坦人 said it was insufficient⁴.

Jewish settlers have been angered by the moratorium暂停，中止, ordered by Mr Netanyahu's right-leaning government, ordinarily supportive of settlement activity in the West Bank.

Nearly 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built on occupied territory in the West Bank and East Jerusalem耶路撒冷.

Settlement building in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is illegal under international law - although Israel disputes this.

Protesters waved signs and banners carrying defiant挑衅的，蔑视的 slogans including "We will continue to build", and "Stop Iran's nukes核发电站，核武器, not our homes".

The demonstration⁷ passed off mainly peacefully.

A spokesman for the protesters, Bobby Brown, who is a former adviser⁸ to Mr Netanyahu, told the BBC settlers were angry at the way they were being treated.

"We believe we have a right as Jews to settle where we are. To say there's going to be a freeze based on religion - that a Muslim can build and a Jew can't - is not something we expect in this day and age."

Meanwhile, Israeli anti-settlement movement Peace Now says more homes are under construction per inhabitant in the West Bank than inside Israel despite the recent curbs⁹.

The group said 1,167 homes were being built for every 100,000 West Bank settlers, compared to just 836 for the same number of Israeli residents.

More building

Under the new Israeli policy, permits for new homes in the West Bank will not be approved for 10 months.

But municipal市政的 buildings and about 3,000 homes already under construction will still be allowed to go ahead.

Scuffles have erupted in the past week as Israeli settlers held protests and tried to block building inspectors¹⁰ from entering their communities to enforce the new rules.

But, on the basis of the official figures, Peace Now said "the settler's claims of discrimination and attempts to 'dry out' the settlements have no basis in reality".

"Even during the freeze a larger number of housing units than the national average will be built in the occupied territories," it said.

Israeli politicians and media have been referring to the restrictions¹¹ as a "freeze", although Palestinians say they are far from the total building halt, including in East Jerusalem, that they have demanded.

The BBC's Paul Wood in Jerusalem says the settlers feel betrayed by a government they thought was on their side.

Israel could just be acting¹² tactically, trying to make the Palestinians look like the roadblock to negotiations¹³, our correspondent says.

But even so, he adds, the Israeli government may have to choose between peace with the Palestinians or peace with the settlers.