Alwaght- Jordan formally submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday a draft resolution calling for peace between Israeli regime and the Palestinians within one year and an end to Israeli regime's occupation of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017, Reuters reports.
The Palestinian-drafted resolution was formally submitted to the 15-member council, which means it could be put to a vote as soon as 24 hours later, but it does not guarantee it will happen. Some drafts formally submitted have never been voted .
Diplomats say negotiations on the text could take days or weeks. Jordan's U.N. envoy Dina Kawar said she hoped the council could reach a unanimous decision on the resolution .
An earlier Palestinian draft informally circulated to the council in October called for an end to Israeli regime's occupation of Palestinian territory by November 2016, but America and others found this text unacceptable .
Nine votes are needed to adopt a resolution, which would then force America, a close ally of Israeli regime, to decide whether to veto it. America's Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday the United States had made "no determinations about language, approaches, specific resolutions, any of that ."
France, Britain and Germany are also drafting a resolution, which French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said would propose concluding peace talks in two years. Other parameters for ending the conflict would also be set, diplomats said. The submitted Palestinian draft appears to reflect some European ideas .
Palestinians seek statehood in the Zionist-occupied West Bank and blockaded Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as their capital - lands captured by Israeli regime in a 1967 war .
