A United Nations official is warning that Israel's plans for further settlements in east Jerusalem threaten the viability of the future Palestinian state.
UN political chief Jeffrey Feltman has made the comment at an emergency meeting of the Security Council.
"The reality is that continued settlement activity in occupied Palestinian territory is doing significant damage to any possibility of a lasting peace between the two sides and is moving the situation ever closer to a one-state reality."
Tensions have been revived between Arabs and Jews over Israel's plans to build about 1-thousand housing units in east Jerusalem.
Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the United
