United Nations: Jordan on Monday requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss Israeli plans to build more Jews-only colonies in occupied east Jerusalem, diplomats said.
The request followed a letter from Palestinian representative to the United Nations Riyadh Mansour calling for an urgent meeting to “address this crisis situation in occupied east Jerusalem.”
Jordan, a Security Council member, put forward the request late on Monday and was awaiting a response from Argentina, which chairs the 15-member council, on setting a date.
Diplomats said the meeting was unlikely to be held on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Israel pledged to build more than 1,000 new colony homes in occupied east Jerusalem on Monday, angering Palestinians who warned it could trigger an “explosion” of violence.
In his letter, the Palestinian representative called on the council to demand that Israel rescind its plan immediately and “commit to the path of peace that it has clearly and recklessly abandoned.”
