The Palestinian delegation at the UN is drafting a series of resolutions critical of Israel and is expected to put them to a vote in the General Assembly in November. After a week of internal talks, the EU's 27 member states have no common position on any of them.
The drafts focus mainly on the fallout from the war that began on 7 October 2023. Some deal with aid for Palestinian refugees and the protection of their property and livelihoods. Another text condemns Israeli settlements on land classed as occupied, including East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights.
The Palestinians also want the UN to formally condemn plans for construction tenders in the E1 zone, a strategically sensitive corridor east of Jerusalem in the West Bank.
For the first time, they propose that the UN declare officially that it does not recognise the Israeli presence in the West Bank. Another draft calls for a policy of "differentiation" between the West Bank and the rest of Israel.
The Palestinians and European countries are negotiating the final text. Talks with EU representatives were especially intense this week.
With a new government being formed in Israel, its UN mission and ambassador Danny Danon are working behind the scenes to soften the texts and cut the number of countries that back them. Danon says the Palestinians are using the situation to attack Israel from the UN podium, while the Israeli delegation works closely with its allies against this diplomatic attack.
Diplomatic sources believe the Palestinians are unlikely to back down. They say the Palestinians may call a vote even without consensus in the EU and without broad European support.