In a diplomatically embarrassing about-face, the United States withdrew a draft United Nations Security Council resolution endorsing the agreement reached this week in Annapolis, Md., on starting Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, a day after it was introduced and had attracted widespread support from the Council’s 15 members, including Qatar, the Council’s Arab representative. Israel said it had not been consulted on the language of the measure, and diplomats said that Israel objected to direct involvement in the peace process of the United Nations, where Israel is often pilloried. “We feel that the appreciation of Annapolis has other means of being expressed than in a resolution,” said Daniel Carmon, Israel’s deputy ambassador. Alejandro D. Wolff, an American envoy, said, “The focus, we’ve all realized again, should be placed and remain on Annapolis.”