The Daily Mail online reports that agreement has been reached between the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) over a debt owed for energy supply to Palestinian cities in the West Bank. The IEC has continued to supply power, although the PA owes hundreds of millions of pounds, but this week began introducing temporary power cuts in West Bank cities. However, the PA agreed yesterday to pay an initial sum and the two sides will aim to come to an overall agreement during the coming week.

The Daily Mail online also says that PA President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with France’s President Hollande later this month, to discuss the French proposal for an international peace conference this summer.

The Financial Times includes a feature on Israel’s diverse societal make-up and the schisms that exist within it.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail online includes a feature on warming ties between Israel and African states, with Kenya’s President having recently visited Israel and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planning a trip to the continent this summer. The article says that Israel is hoping for increased African support in international forums, while African states are keen on utilising Israeli security expertise and developing economic ties.

The Times, Evening Standard, Daily Express and the online edition of the Daily Mail all report that Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has been forced to remove from his website a link to a site which included articles praising Palestinian suicide bombers who killed Israelis. McDonnell had recently said that the Labour Party must do more to root out anti-Semitism from within its ranks.

The Guardian online says that more than 100 writers have protested to the organisers of a major conference in New York championing the rights of writers over sponsorship by Israel’s Embassy in the US. The article says there were objections last year when the conference gave an award to Charlie Hebdo, which protestors said publishes “offensive material.”

The Metro and the online edition of the Daily Mail both report that Egypt’s main satellite television carrier has taken the Hezbollah station al-Manar off air, condemning it for provoking “sectarian strife.”

In the Israeli media, a major item in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom is the decision yesterday by a parole board to deny an early release from prison for former-President Moshe Katzav, who is currently serving a seven-year sentence for rape during his time as a public official. Reports suggest that the parole board heard evidence that Katsav has yet to indicate remorse for his actions and still regards himself as a victim.

Yediot Ahronot says that IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot has commented on the prosecution of the soldier who controversially shot dead a wounded Palestinian terrorist in Hebron, who had stabbed two Israeli troops. Apparently, Eizenkot told officers at the Tze’elim training base that, “‎The shooting was contrary to the professional and ideological norms demanded of an IDF soldier, and this led to an investigation on which I rely one hundred per cent.” He added, “‎There is very little information and a lot of disinformation about the incident in Hebron.”

Meanwhile, both Maariv and Haaretz prominently report that Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon told the Israel Bar Association conference yesterday, that talks were taking place between Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over forming a unity government. However, Kahlon claims that the discussions were ended after an investigation was launched last week into allegations of corruption against Herzog, relating to financing his party leadership campaign in 2013. Officials from both the Zionist Union and Netanyahu’s Likud Party have denied Kahlon’s claims.