UNITED NATIONS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to adopt a U.S.-drafted resolution on the question of Palestine.

The U.S. text, a competing draft resolution to a Kuwaiti one, won only one vote in favor -- from the United States itself. Three of the 15 council members voted against it and the remaining 11 members abstained.

A Security Council resolution needs at least nine affirmative votes to be adopted, on the condition that none of the five permanent members of the council votes against it.

Immediately after the vote, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blamed "anti-Israel bias" in the Security Council.

"With its votes today, the UN Security Council majority showed that it was willing to blame Israel, but unwilling to blame Hamas, for violence in Gaza," Haley said in a statement.

"Further proof was not needed, but it is now completely clear that the UN is hopelessly biased against Israel. The United States will not allow such bias, which is why we did not hesitate to cast our veto," said the statement. Enditem