UN condemns Israeli building plan

The United Nations, the US, and the European Union have repeated their condemnation of the clashes in Jerusalem. The United Nations has called for calm. The situation has been anything but that.

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, said, "With regard to today's clashes in Jerusalem, a city holy to three religious, let me remind everyone that the status of Jerusalem is a subject of final negotiation. I call for restraint and calm by all. "

The UN chief also repeated his condemnation of Israel's building plan in the holy city, saying the settlements are illegal under international law.

A new housing project at the Israeli settlement of Har Homa in east Jerusalem. (AFP/File/Menahem Kahana)