Israel says it will go ahead with plans to build 1500 new settler homes in East Jerusalem - the part of the city that's considered Palestinian land.
The project was given an intermediate green light by Israeli officials on Monday.
This comes less then a month after the UN granted Palestine non-member observer status.
Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future Palestinian state, and are promising to raise the issue at a Security Council meeting.
Author and historian Gerald Horne says that with Palestine's recent upgrade, Israel's playing a risky game.
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