Palestinians Present UN Resolution

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Palestinians have submitted a draft UN Security Council resolution in an effort to end "Israeli" occupation by the end of 2017.

The draft was presented to the UN by Jordan, said Palestinian envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour at a press conference on Wednesday.

The draft seeks a final settlement deal with the Zionist entity in 12 months and an "Israeli" withdrawal in late 2017.

"We are willing to work with those who want to work with us for meaningful things," Mansour said following a closed-door meeting with Arab representatives.

He added that the Palestinians are open to talks "if they are ready and willing so that we perhaps can succeed in having something adopted by the Security Council to open a serious door to peace."

The Arab-backed draft initially set a deadline of November 2016 for "Israel" to withdraw from the occupied territories, but France pushed for a softer resolution.

Palestinians are seeking to create an independent state on the territories of the West Bank, in East al-Quds, and the besieged Gaza Strip and are demanding that "Israel" withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories.

Tel Aviv, however, has refused to return to the 1967 borders and is unwilling to discuss the issue of al-Quds.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team