JERUSALEM (AP) Palestinians, Britain and the U.S. are critical of a proposal to build 900 more housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in the part of Jerusalem claimed by Palestinians.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs calls the plans unilateral and says they appear to pre-empt peace negotiations. Gibbs says the U.S. also objects to Israel's "continuing pattern of evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes." But a spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas says U.S. words are not enough and that "real pressure" needs to be applied.

Jerusalem and settlements are key sticking points in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

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