Palestinian officials will resubmit to the UN Security Council a draft resolution that would impose on Israel a three-year deadline on ending the occupation, President Mahmoud Abbas say.
The draft was rejected last week, with eight members of the 15-member Council voting in favour - one short of the nine needed to pass.
"We have not failed in the Security Council," Abbas told a ceremony opening an exhibition on Jerusalem in Ramallah on Sunday evening, according to the official Palestinian Wafa news agency.
Instead, he charged, it was the Security Council which had failed the Palestinians.
The United States and Australia voted against last Tuesday, while five others abstained.
The one vote short in favour meant the US did not need to use its veto.
Palestinian officials expressed deep disappointment and said that at the last minute Nigeria had abstained, despite a promise to vote in favour, apparently following US pressure or promises.
However, since January 1, five new non-permanent members, including Malaysia and Venezuela, both considered friendly to the Palestinians, have replaced five outgoing ones.
The Palestinians hope they may this time obtain the nine votes in favour, in which case the US would have to use its veto to block it, which would mean at least a symbolic victory for them.
After the resolution was rejected, Abbas submitted documents to join the International Criminal Court in the Hague on Friday, in a move opposed by both Israel and the United States.
He also signed 19 other international agreements, in response to the Council's rejection of the resolution.
A day later, Israel said it was suspending the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinians.
Israel, which collects millions of dollars in taxes each month on behalf of the Palestinians, has resorted to the tactic of withholding the funds as a punitive measure before.
Officials say Israel collected about $US127 million ($A137.41 million) on behalf of the Palestinian Authority last month alone.
The Palestinian Authority has placed itself on a "collision course" with Israel by seeking to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
The draft resolution voted on last week sets a one-year deadline for negotiations with Israel and demands a full Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank by the end of 2017.
Under it, Palestine would be welcomed as a full UN member state within a 12-month timeframe.
It was tabled by Jordan on behalf of the Palestinians.
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