Israel has summoned the ambassadors of UN Security Council member states that voted in favour of a resolution condemning settlement activity, a foreign ministry spokesman said. The Israeli Prime Minister - Benjamin Netanyahu has met personally with the head of the United States diplomatic mission to Israel.

The resolution demands "Israel immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem".

It says settlements have "no legal validity" and are "dangerously imperiling the viability of the two-state solution.