The Palestinian leadership will start soon a series of diplomatic activities to gain more international support for promoting the suspended peace process, officials announced on Wednesday.

Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said Wednesday in the West Bank town of Jericho that the Palestinians will apply to the United Nations Security Council to gain international support for halting the Jewish settlement in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

On Oct. 2, the Palestinians decided to suspend the direct peace talks with Israel one month after it was launched in Washington after the Israeli government decided not to extend a 10-month moratorium over freezing settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

The U.S. failed to pressure on Israel to halt settlement for three months and reopen the direct peace talks to resolve the outstanding issues, mainly settlement, security, borders and Jerusalem. The U.S. announced that it halted its talks with Israel over settlement freeze.

Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas stated later that the Palestinians have seven diplomatic options in case the parties fail to revive the standstill peace process. One of the options is to apply to the UN Security Council and demand a recognition of an independent Palestinian state.

"The current Israeli government has never been internationally isolated as it is right now, and this is due to its policies and also due to the diplomatic efforts made by the Palestinian leadership and by President Mahmoud Abbas who is keen to the highest interests of the Palestinian people," Erekat said.

He stressed on the importance of cooperation and coordination with Jordan, Egypt and Syria. He also expressed gratitude to Spain, France and Britain for promoting the Palestinian diplomatic representations.

Meanwhile, Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath said Wednesday that Abbas will go to Brazil to join the official inauguration of Brazilian President-elect Dilma Rousseff. He added that Abbas will hold talks with her on the sideline of the ceremony of her nomination.

"On the sideline of the official ceremony in Brazil, President Abbas will hold talks with other European and Latin American presidents and prime ministers," Shaath told Palestinian Radio. " It is an opportunity to earn a larger support for recognizing the independent Palestinian state."

Four Latin American countries, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia, have officially announced that they recognize an independent Palestinian state in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 with east Jerusalem as its capital. The declarations angered Israel and the United States.

Israeli officials slammed the Latin American countries declarations and said that it is a violation of the peace treaties signed between Israel and the Palestinians, adding that the question of recognizing the borders of the Palestinian state "is part of the negotiations over permanent status issues."

Shaath said she expected recognition of all Latin American countries. Meanwhile, he rejected any Israeli or American pressure on the countries to prevent more recognition of an independent Palestinian state. "It is not a unilateral action," Shaath said.

The Palestinians have earlier announced that in case the United States vetoes the bill the Palestinians would file to the UN Security Council to gain a recognition of a Palestinian state, the Palestinians would have other options, referring to dissolving the PNA.

"In addition to the Latin American countries' recognition of a Palestinian state, we expect that European countries would carry out similar actions beginning with promoting the diplomatic Palestinian representations in those countries to the level of embassies," Shaath said.