The Guardian online reports that the Knesset approved the first reading of a controversial bill, spearheaded by Jewish Home’s Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, which will require NGOs to state on all publications if they receive more than 50 per cent of their funding from foreign governments. Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid criticised the bill as ineffective while Meretz head Zahava Gal-on said that it would cause harm to Israel internationally.

The Times says that that ISIS executioner Alexanda Kotey, who grew up in West London and was part of the same circle as “Jihadi John,” was not the only radical Islamist with links to terror, who participated in a 2009 mission to bring aid to Gaza, organised by former-MP and London mayoral candidate George Galloway. The article says that up to seven additional notorious figures were also on the mission, including a former Taliban fighter and two individuals linked with al-Shabab.

The Telegraph reports that Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn met yesterday with leaders from the Board of Deputies of the UK’s Jewish community, in what was described as a “positive and constructive” meeting in a Board of Deputies statement. However, the article says that Corbyn did not apologise or express regret for previous links to and comments about terror groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

The Sun and Daily Star both report that attendees at this year’s Oscars will be handed a gift bag including a voucher for a ten-day luxury trip to Israel worth £38,000. Israel’s Tourism Minister Yariv Levin is quoted in the articles.

Meanwhile, in Syria, the Independent says that there are fears of mass starvation in the city of Aleppo, as Assad regime troops close in. At the same time, Russia is accused of killing Syrian children in air strikes. The Financial Times online says that given the situation in Aleppo, which is in danger of being cut off from the Turkish border, Saudi Arabia is considering creating a safe zone alongside Turkey, in order to keep the Syrian opposition alive.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot and Maariv both lead with Israel’s efforts to deal with Hamas’s rebuilding of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip, from which they intend to launch attacks on Israel. Yediot Ahronot’s Yossi Yehoshua says that “the IDF’s assessment is that Hamas… would prefer to dig a single long and high-quality tunnel that might cross the border into Israel rather that dig several tunnels that would be worked on simultaneously and would take longer to complete.” Meanwhile, Maariv covers comments made yesterday by the IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, who indicated that Israel is doing plenty to counter the tunnel threat, but that much of it is “hidden from the public.”

Israel Hayom’s top story is comments made yesterday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said during a visit to the southern Arava region that he intends to build sophisticated fences along all of Israel’s borders. A new fence along the Egyptian border has successfully stemmed the flow of illegal migrants from Africa during the past several years. However, Jewish Home leader, Education Minister Naftali Bennett criticised Netanyahu’s plan, commenting that it constitutes “wrapping ourselves in fences. In Australia and New Jersey there is no need for fences. We’re here, in a transition from a security Zionism to a Jewish Zionism.”

Israel Radio news covers a Channel One report last night which said that Israeli and European Union (EU) officials have met in secret in order to improve relations following the EU’s decision last year to separately label consumer goods from the West Bank. Apparently, EU officials have proposed a compensation deal in return for being allowed to resume a diplomatic role in Israel-Palestinian relations.