The Independent i covers comments made by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who publicly called for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to return to peace talks with Israel and encouraged Arab states to use their influence in order to help achieve this. However, the Independent online notes that Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon said that the creation of a Palestinian state in his lifetime appears unlikely.

The Financial Times and Times both cover the results of an 18-month investigation by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development over complaints that the security firm G4S had breached human rights standards by supplying equipment to Israel. The body fully exonerated G4S and said that there had been no “general failure” to respect human rights at all.

The Independent online reports comments made by Middle East Minister Tobias Ellwood, who expressed concern over Israeli government plans to relocate a number of Bedouin communities in the south of the country. He said that such a move would have a “devastating impact” on the communities. Israeli authorities say the communities have no planning permission and intends to resettle them in locations with superior infrastructure and better access to services.

The Times says that the European Union is apparently finalising guidelines which would require Israel to separately label West Bank goods for sale in Europe.

There is widespread coverage in the Times, Independent i and the online editions of the Guardian, Financial Times and Independent online over the suspension of new Likud MK Oren Hazan as one of several Deputy Speakers of the Knesset. The move came after a Channel Two expose claimed that before running for office, Hazan managed a casino in the Bulgarian resort of Burgas, where he regularly supplied clients with prostitutes and took hard drugs. Hazan denies the claims.

In Syria, the online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph both say that a Western-backed opposition alliance has dealt a blow to President Assad’s forces, taking control of a major military base in the south of the country. The Telegraph online reports that ISIS has made gains against Assad on the Homs-Damascus road. According to the Times online, government forces have carried out a barrel-bomb attack in Aleppo, hitting civilian buildings.

The Times reports that there is concern, especially in Israel, that ISIS is scavenging for radioactive material in order to build a ‘dirty bomb.’ The article notes a Haaretz report which claims that Israel recently simulated such an attack in test conditions, in order to assess the potential impact.

In the Israeli media, attention continues to focus on the claims being made against Likud MK Oren Hazan. Haaretz highlights that Knesset Speaker Yuli Edlestein yesterday suspended Hazan as one of several deputies, while Israel Hayom claims that Hazan subsequently threatened that he would uncover scandals surrounding Edelstein. Much of the coverage highlights the agreement by leader of the opposition Isaac Herzog to a request by Edelstein to omit one of his own MKs from any potential vote from which Hazan abstains, which would likely bring defeat for the government’s razor thin majority. Writing in Yediot Ahronot, Sima Kamon criticises Herzog for taking this position.

Haaretz reports that Turkey has told local Hamas leaders based in the country that they must reduce their terror activity aimed at Israel, for fear that Turkey will be accused by the United States of sponsoring and aiding terror.

Israel Radio news highlights an address delivered yesterday evening by Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Herzliya Conference, a major policy gathering. He underlined his commitment to the two-state solution and talks without preconditions, but said that he had been trying to talk to PA President Mahmoud for six and a half years to no avail.