(VOVworld) -  The Palestinian Authority has called on the United Nations Security Council to act against Israeli settlement building, in the wake of the Jerusalem Municipality’s decision to build 770 new Jewish homes in the Gilo neighborhood, which is located outside Green Line.

Israeli police at Jerusalem on July 12th. (Photo: TTXVN)

Secretary-General Saeb Erekat of the Palestine Liberation Organization said this is an opportunity for the international community to show its real commitment to a two-state solution, and to take action to get Israel to halt settlement construction in the occupied state of Palestine. Palestine asked Arab leaders to call an emergency meeting of the Arab Quartet in order to submit a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council to halt settlement expansion. Israel insists that Jerusalem will remain a united city in any final agreement with the Palestinians on a two-state solution, so Israel has a right to build homes for its citizens in all areas of Jerusalem.