The Financial Times reflects on the United Nations’ (UN) Security Council resolution criticising Israeli settlement construction, which was passed on Friday after the US abstained in the vote, opting not to apply its traditional veto. The article says that the resolution has “infuriated” Israel’s government, which is concerned that it will encourage attempts to sanction Israel, while the resolution has also “refocused international attention on the Israel-Palestinian conflict”.

In an editorial, the Telegraph urges the UN to be an “honest broker” and to “not bash Israel”. It says that Friday’s vote “simply heightens Israeli suspicions that they are singled out for criticism” and that “it will do nothing to advance the cause of the Palestinians while making a peaceful settlement in the region even harder to achieve”.

The Guardian suggests that the UN Security Council vote came in the context of President Obama being “in a race” to “save” the Israel-Palestinian peace process. The article predicts that it is part of a “diplomatic stand-off building up” to a French-spearheaded peace conference in Paris on 15 January.

The Telegraph reports that Israel’s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has condemned the January conference, which is set to see dozens of countries discuss the peace process, without the attendance of Israeli or Palestinian officials. Lieberman said that its “only role is to undermine Israel’s security” and he urged French Jews to emigrate to Israel.

The Times and i report that 618 homes in Israeli neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem are likely to be approved at a meeting of the Jerusalem Municipality’s planning committee. The Times says that the meeting was scheduled weeks before last week’s UN Security Council vote.

The Independent says that US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to deliver a speech at the State Department today, in which he will likely set out his vision for ending the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

The Independent includes reports in the Israeli media that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to face a full criminal investigation into bribery and fraud, over money he allegedly accepted from a French businessman.

The Telegraph online reports that Syrian opposition negotiators have denied Russian claims that it brokered talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups. The Times online warns that Syrian government forces are preparing a “blitz” of the opposition-held Idlib Province.

The Daily Mail reports that Snapchat is poised to purchase Israeli augmented reality start-up Cimagine Media for between £24m  and £32m.

In the Israeli media, the focus remains on the fallout from last week’s UN Security Council resolution. The top story in Yediot Ahronot is the claim by an Egyptian publication, that they have evidence which shows senior American and Palestinian officials met in Washington ten days before the vote and discussed a potential resolution. Haaretz also covers alleged coordination prior to the vote, including the suggestion that the UK worked on the text in order to help make it acceptable for the United States to abstain, rather than veto the motion.

Israel Hayom and Israel Radio news report that John Kerry is expected to deliver a speech today outlining Washington’s position on the peace process.

A major item in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom is the declassification expected today, of files accumulated in an investigation into allegations of an attempt to forcibly assimilate children from recently-arrived Yemenite families during the 1950s. Questions over the fate of around one thousand children have existed for decades and various probes have been conducted. The transcripts from the most recent investigation, a state committee in 2001, had been sealed until 2071 but will be published today.

Israel Radio news covers comments made last night by Nadav Argaman, the head of the Shin Bet, who said that his security agency thwarted more than 400 “significant” terror attacks this year.