"Israel and the United States made a joint effort Sunday to foil a similar Kuwaiti-Palestinian attempt to pass a resolution in the United Nations Security Council calling for the stationing of an international force in the Gaza Strip to defend Palestinians from 'Israeli aggression.'
The Israeli-American push was intended to head off Palestinian attempts to secure the nine country majority-out of the Security Council's 15 member states-needed to pass the resolution.
The current council makeup could be said to be especially troublesome in this regard-with African, Asian and Latin American countries having a significant majority-giving Palestinians a more than fair chance of passing the resolution in its current wording.
If that eventuality comes to pass, US Ambassador Nikki Haley has already promised to her Israeli counterpart Danny Danon that the US will exercise its veto power.
If the US does veto the pro-Palestinian measure, the Palestinian delegation has announced they will summarily appeal to the organization's General Assembly and pass it there, where they enjoy something of an automatic majority.
However, unlike the Security Council, the General Assembly's resolutions are merely declarative in nature and it lacks any concrete means to implement its resolutions.
Regardless, the Palestinians are set to commence a round of consultations Monday in anticipation of the vote, which will most likely take place Wednesday..."