for peace with Israel within a year and an end to Israel's occupation
by 2017.
The resolution failed to muster the minimum nine "yes" votes required
in the council for adoption.
The motion received eight "yes" votes, including from Russia and
France, two "no" votes from the United States and Australia, and five
abstentions.
Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the UN, criticised the world
body for the failure of the vote.
"The Security Council has once again failed to uphold its charter
duties to address this crises and to meaningfully contribute to a
lasting solution in accordance with its own resolutions," Mansour
said.
"This year, our people under Israeli occupation endured the further
theft and colonisation of their land, the demolition of their homes,
daily military raids, arrests and detention of thousands of civilians
including children, rampant settler terrorism, constant affronts to
their human dignity and repeated incursions at our holiest sites."
Following the vote, the US, Israel's closest ally, reiterated its
opposition to the draft resolution.
Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the UN, said the resolution
undermined efforts to "achieve two states for two people".
"It is deeply imbalanced and contains many elements that are not
conducive to negotiations between the parties including unconstructive
deadlines that take no account for Israelis legitimate security
concerns," she said.
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