Israel and Draft Resolution

draft resolution: The United States, Israel closest ally, had made clear its opposition to the draft resolution and would have used its veto if necessary. But it didn t have to because the resolution failed to get the minimum nine yes votes required for adoption by the 15-member council, according to 660 News. The defeated resolution would have affirmed the urgent need to achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict within 12 months and set a Dec. 31, 2017 deadline for Israel occupation to end and The U.N. Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation within three years late Tuesday, a blow to efforts to get the U.N. most powerful body to take action to recognize an independent state of Palestine. The resolution received eight yes votes, two no votes one from the United States and the other from Australia and five abstentions. Until shortly before the vote, council diplomats had expected the resolution to get nine yes votes. But Nigeria, which had been expected to vote yes, abstained. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.