Reporting continues over the fallout from last week’s agreement of an outline to a nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). The Telegraph says that US President Barack Obama has robustly defended the agreement as a “once in a lifetime” opportunity and assured that “anybody messes with Israel, America will be there.” The Guardian online says that the White House is busy lobbying Congress to ensure that it cannot veto the removal of sanctions on Tehran and that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again denied playing partisan US politics over Iran.

The Financial Times online reports that Israel too is busy lobbying. Quoting Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s government will apparently attempt to persuade the P5+1 nations to “dramatically change” the terms of the accord before signing a final deal. Israel reportedly hopes that Iran will be forced to end all advanced nuclear research, cut centrifuges if it violates the deal, close the Fordow reactor and ship enhanced uranium abroad. In a separate report, the Financial Times predicts that a nuclear accord could lead to a major boost in Iranian oil exports.

Both the Guardian and Independent report United Nations (UN) agency warnings that the situation in the Yarmouk area south of Syria’s capital Damascus, which houses many Palestinians, is “beyond inhumane” since ISIS seized large parts of the suburb last week. The Independent says that ISIS fighters have begun beheading opponents in Yarmouk. Meanwhile, the Telegraph online says that Islamist extremists, Jabhat al-Nusra, who are affiliated to al-Qaeda, kidnapped and then released 300 Kurdish men in northern Syria.

The Independent i reports that Israeli troops arrested a Palestinian MP, Khalada Jawar, placing her in detention for six months. Jawar is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, categorised by many as a terror group.

The Times online reports that more than 50,000 worshippers attended the traditional Passover priestly blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The mass event commemorates the ancient pilgrimage of the Jewish people to Jerusalem to mark Passover in Biblical times.

In the Israeli media, the aftermath of last week’s outline to a nuclear agreement also features prominently. US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes was interviewed by both Channel One and Channel Two while Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon appeared on all three major television networks, emphasising that disagreement between Washington and Jerusalem on the issue was down to mistrust of Iran, not the United States. Maariv reports that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu will be invited to Washington following the formation of a new government, while commentator Yossi Melman concludes that the two sides “are starting to lower the flames that had begun to lick at the special relationship between the two countries.”

Haaretz highlights the ongoing coalition negotiations, saying that Jewish Home is demanding that Likud pledge support for a series of legislative measures which would potentially weaken the power of the Supreme Court to veto Knesset initiatives which it deems unconstitutional.

Israel Hayom reports that an Israeli man who last week appeared to fake his own kidnapping in the West Bank with the help of a friend, sparking a major security operation, will face serious punishment. Maariv says that the man in question has claimed that he attempted to disappear in order to escape those who were attempting to blackmail him.