The Times reports on three stabbing attacks against Israelis yesterday, two of which were in Jerusalem. BBC News online notes that in one case, the assailants were aged 12 and 13.

The Evening Standard, Daily Express and Metro continue coverage of Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s visit to Israel, reporting on his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. The Express also reports that Mr Johnson joined a joint Arab-Jewish youth football training session, alongside President Reuven Rivlin. The Daily Star covers Mr Johnson’s anti-boycott remarks from Monday, while the Sun publishes a photo of Boris with a large fish. City AM and the Independent also cover the trip.

The Guardian reveals that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written a letter to the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schultz, opposing plans to label goods produced in Israeli settlements and industrial zones in the West Bank. The Guardian claims that the letter, written in October, lists various arguments against the expected proposals, namely that it will bolster the Israel boycott campaign and that goods from other disputed territories, such as Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus, are not labelled. The Independent and Independent i report that the labelling guidelines are due to be released today, and claim that they will also apply to cosmetics as well as food.

The Times, Independent and Independent i report on Iranian President Hasan Rouhani’s planned diplomatic tour of Europe. The Independent and Independent i claim that Mr Rouhani will meet Pope Francis in Rome. The Times claims that a planned French dinner at the Elysee Palace with Mr Rouhani was cancelled after he asked for no alcohol to be served. A meeting with President Francois Hollande will take place instead.

The Sun claims that Israel, alongside Russia, Egypt the UK and the USA, are all hunting Abu Osama al-Masri, a terror leader who may have been behind the bombing of the Metrojet flight over the Sinai desert.

The Independent I carries a ‘Postcard from Gaza” which tells the story of Gaza-based antiquities restorer Nafez Abed.

A piece in the Times T2 supplement reviews new Israeli television drama Fauda, about Israeli undercover officers who disguise as Palestinians, which is being shown at the UK Jewish Film Festival.

 

Israel’s papers also lead on the three terror attacks yesterday in Jerusalem and the West Bank . Haaretz notes that the Israeli Government is considering lowering the age of criminal responsibility in response to attacks from youths aged 12 and 13 (or, according to Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom, 11 and 14).

Coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Washington DC trip continues. Israel Hayom reports Mr Netanyahu’s remarks to the Jewish Federations of North America that the Palestinian Authority’s refusal to recognise Israel is the reason there is no peace deal. Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post note that Mr Netanyahu promised the Federations that the Israeli Government would give state funding to Reform and Conservative Jewish denominations. Mr Netanyahu’s Q&A session with the Center for American Progress came after Israel’s print deadline.

The expected release of EU labelling guidelines today also receives coverage in the major newspapers including Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, and Israel Hayom. The Jerusalem Post quotes Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that the guidelines might damage Israel-EU relations. Israel Hayom has a copy of a letter from Mr Netanyahu to the EU objecting to the guidelines.

Yediot Ahronot, along with most other papers, reports that Knesset members voted to give themselves a pay rise, along with the inevitable public opposition to this step.

Haaretz reports that the IDF arrested 24 Hamas activists in the villages around Qalqilya and confiscated £6000 of cash.