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France has been pressuring the Palestinians to amend the resolution to make it clear that Israel could not be taken to the ICC retroactively for any alleged war crimes committed before the UN votes to recognise Palestinian statehood.

And the UK says the statehood bid could end up harming Palestinian interests if the Israeli reaction is so severe that it sets back the prospects for peace.

The Israeli push against the statehood bid includes cartoons on YouTube that show Netanyahu and world leaders gathered around a dinner table waiting for Abbas to arrive for peace talks.

McCain and Republican senator Lindsey Graham have threatened to withhold US funds to the UN should the White House not intervene on the issue of Palestinian statehood.

A United Nations resolution outlining Palestinian statehood would "harden" negotiating positions, Dermer said: "It could prevent peace for decades to come because no Palestinian leader will move from those positions".

But while the Palestinians have stuck to their agreement to postpone pressing their case for statehood at international bodies, Israel has infringed its unannounced de facto moratorium on settlement expansion with recent moves on the retroactive legalisation of four unauthorised outposts and the construction of 300 houses at Beit El.

In an interview with the Huffington Post, Warsi said: "Our position not to recognise Palestinian statehood at the UN in November 2012 placed us on the wrong side of history and is something I deeply regret not speaking out against at the time".

He said Israel was not afraid of UN intervention and that the Palestinians had "a lot to lose" if they were to pursue their attempt to gain UN statehood, which was shelved last year as a concession to the Israelis, who released 104 Palestinian prisoners in return.

The Palestinian leadership is warning Europe and the US that failure to support its bid for statehood at the United Nations on Thursday will further strengthen Hamas after the Gaza fighting by suggesting that violence, rather than diplomacy, is the way to win concessions from Israel.

However, observers have remarked on Netanyahu's appointment of Silvan Shalom to lead any negotiations with the Palestinians, a figure who in the past has been very public in his opposition to Palestinian statehood.

In her 30 years working and advocating for Timor-Leste, she has seen the nation develop from "ground zero" to a fully fledged statehood.