According to the sources, Kawar was extremely reluctant to submit the draft on Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. She reportedly did not wish to speak to the press and had to "practically be shoved out the door."
Jordan is trying to act as cautiously as it can under the pressure of US disapproval and Arab pressure.
The country itself is a tinder box right now, with its Palestinian population agitated due to events in Jerusalem and the further deterioration of the situation in Syria.
[jpost.com]
19/12/14
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Palestinians under heavy pressure to delay UN Security Council vote...
ReplyDeleteVote likely to be delayed until at least after Christmas; senior official says plan is to reach agreement on wording with Europeans beforehand in order to guarantee majority.
Senior officials from the Palestinian Authority admitted over the weekend that they were under heavy pressure not to request a vote on the Palestinian resolution presented last week to the United Nations Security Council.
Despite previous Palestinian announcements that they would request such a vote immediately - even if the move would fail because of the inability to enlist nine votes or owing to an American veto - it transpires that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in no hurry to ask for such a vote, and it seems the matter will be postponed for a while, possibly for weeks.
A senior Palestinian official told Haaretz that despite the strident declarations in recent days, the idea now is to try and reach an agreed upon wording of the resolution, in particular with the Europeans, and only after that to request a vote in the Security Council, in order to guarantee a majority in favor of the resolution before a possible American veto......................http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.632902
21/12/14