The Palestinians have submitted Wednesday to the UN Security Council a draft resolution for the independence of their state and end the Israeli occupation of. The United States is threatening to oppose it their veto.

An almost unanimous international community in its support for a Palestinian state versus Israel and the United States. The submission of a resolution to the UN Security Council for recognition of a Palestinian state, Wednesday, December 17.

The text, written by the Palestinians and submitted by Jordan, the only Arab member of the Security Council, provides a comprehensive peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians within twelve months after the adoption of the resolution. The proposed parameters – withdrawal of the Israeli army from areas occupied since 1967 independence of a Palestinian state viable and contiguous shared sovereignty over Jerusalem – should be applied in a reasonable time, which shall not beyond the end of.

But the prospect of a US veto, on behalf of refusal principle of “unilateral action” of the Palestinians at the UN, limiting the chances of an agreement. Washington on the idea that a peace agreement is the result of direct negotiations between Israel and the Territories. Moreover, Israel accepts the principle of a two-state solution but refuses to accept the 1967 borders as a basis for negotiation of a final settlement of the conflict.

The Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said that the Palestinians did not close the door to further negotiations, including with the Americans if they wish to edit this text. The diplomat suggested that it was in no hurry to submit the voting, contrary to what senior Palestinian officials in Ramallah had said Wednesday.

In reality, the Palestinians have anticipated the failure of the resolution to the UN Riyad Mansour and has already mentioned a new phase” of their diplomatic offensive. Speaking for the first time Monday at the meeting of the Member States of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Riyad Mansour confirmed the willingness of the Palestinians to join timely the ICC in order to put Israel in charge for war crimes in Gaza.

These steps come after the symbolic votes of several European parliaments in favor of recognizing the State of Palestine, which reflect a growing exasperation with the intensification of Israeli settlement in the occupied territories in the West Bank.