--- title: UN Security Council Rejects Palestinian Resolution description: The measure was not expected to pass due to U.S. opposition. canonical: https://time.com/3650693/united-nations-palestine-israel-resolution/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-30T23:45:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:12:19.091Z article:section: World og:title: UN Security Council Rejects Palestinian Resolution og:description: The measure was not expected to pass due to U.S. opposition og:url: https://time.com/3650693/united-nations-palestine-israel-resolution/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c0e117d1a984a57/698777b88e0601b6a54597b7/460919592.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: UN Security Council rejects draft resolution on Palestinian statehood og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: UN Security Council Rejects Palestinian Resolution twitter:description: The measure was not expected to pass due to U.S. opposition twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c0e117d1a984a57/698777b88e0601b6a54597b7/460919592.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # U.N. 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[Become a member](/c/pmi-2026-q3/membership?i=73814d42-a458-4101-961b-f32a889e209c&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1). ## Video: U.N. Votes "No" to Palestinian Statehood [Watch (HLS stream): U.N. Votes "No" to Palestinian Statehood](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/g079Y12D.m3u8) (0:36)  _Published 2014-12-31. The U.N. Security Council rejected a Palestinian draft resolution that sought peace with Israel within one year._  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Dec 30, 2014 11:45 PM CUT  Riyad Mansour, second right, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, is seen during the United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting in New York on Dec. 30, 2014. Riyad Mansour, second right, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, is seen during the United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting in New York on Dec. 30, 2014.Cem Ozdel—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Dec 30, 2014 11:45 PM CUT The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Tuesday [rejected](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2131fbedb68b4c4580d32aeb490aacf2/un-vote-soon-resolution-end-israels-occupation "undefined") a Palestinian draft resolution, strongly opposed by the United States, that sought peace with Israel within a one-year time frame. The resolution failed to win the nine-vote majority required for approval, the Associated Press reports. Eight countries voted in favor of the resolution, while two opposed (U.S. and Australia), and five abstained. “The fact that this draft resolution was not adopted will not at all prevent us from proceeding to push the international community, specifically the United Nations, towards an effective involvement to achieving a resolution to this conflict,” said Jordan’s U.N. Ambassador Dina Kawar after the vote. The resolution, whose voting had been requested by Jordan, demanded that East Jerusalem become capital of Palestine, according to [Al Jazeera](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/12/unsc-set-vote-palestinian-resolution-2014123018233860932.html "undefined"). It also asked that negotiations be based on territorial lines prior to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in 1967. The measure was not expected to pass due to strong opposition from the U.S., according to _Reuters._ U.S. diplomats previously said the resolution would bind Israel and Palestine to a “[rushed](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/30/us-mideast-palestinians-un-idUSKBN0K81CR20141230 "undefined")” timeframe to resolve a decades-long conflict, and that they would use their veto if necessary. “We voted against this resolution not because we are comfortable with the status quo,” said U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power. “We voted against it because … peace must come from hard compromises that occur at the negotiating table.” \[[AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2131fbedb68b4c4580d32aeb490aacf2/un-vote-soon-resolution-end-israels-occupation "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3650693/united-nations-palestine-israel-resolution/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3650693/united-nations-palestine-israel-resolution/"},"headline":"U.N. 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