Palestinians urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to end the Israeli occupation by 2016, putting together a draft Security Council resolution to that effect.

The resolution calls for "the full withdrawal of Israel ... from all of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, as rapidly as possible and to be fully completed within a specified timeframe, not to exceed November 2016," reports Reuters.

It further adds that the Israeli withdrawal must commence “as rapidly as possible and to be fully completed within a specified timeframe, not to exceed November 2016, and the achievement of the independence and sovereignty of the State of Palestine and the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people,” reports Al Arabiya News.

It calls “upon all parties to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949" and “demands an end to all Israeli military operations, reprisals, forced displacement of civilians, and all acts of violence and hostilities”, as well as a “complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem.”

The resolution has been shared amongst Arab states, however, it can only be submitted to the 15 member Security Council via a member state.

The draft resolution comes after the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly on Friday that Israel had committed a genocide during the recent conflict in Gaza, and that peace talks would be futile unless Israel committed to ending the occupation within a "firm timetable".