Britain's Foreign Minister Confirms: We Were Closely Involved in Drafting UN Anti-settlements Resolution

"British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Tuesday confirmed during a session of Parliament in London that the U.K. was closely involved in the formulation of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 concerning settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem...

'I want to remind you that the U.K. was closely involved in the drafting of that resolution...' said Johnson in response to questions from MPs...

Israeli and Western diplomats say that British jurists and diplomats worked directly with the Palestinians on the wording of the resolution before it was first distributed by the Egyptians. They say the British did this in secret, without informing Israel.

After Egypt withdrew its plans to put forward the resolution, the British encouraged New Zealand to push the resolution to a vote even without Egyptian support for the move..."