The Telegraph online includes a feature on the building dispute between Israel and the European Union (EU) over homes for Bedouins in the West Bank. The article says that since the start of the year, Israeli authorities have bulldozed 65 homes constructed by the EU in Area C of the West Bank, which the Oslo Accords of the 1990s placed under Israeli control until a final status accord is agreed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Israel says that the homes have been constructed illegally, without permission and some say that the EU construction is tantamount to a breach of Israeli sovereignty. EU officials say that the constructions are simply humanitarian aid in disputed territory, given that building permits for Bedouins are extremely hard to secure.

The Guardian, Times, Financial Times, i, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Metro and Daily Star all report that Labour MP Naz Shah was suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation, following revelations that she made comments via social media which suggested that Israel “relocate to the United States” and that the “Jews are rallying” to vote in an online poll. Shah gave an apology for her comments in the House of Commons yesterday, but the Telegraph and the Sun claim that her apology was watered down by party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s team. Buzzfeed had originally reported that Shah’s apology had been amended by party leadership to remove the term “anti-Semitism”, but later retracted this claim.

Shah’s comments are the latest in a number of recent incidents in which Labour Party members have been found to have made anti-Semitic remarks. Editorials in the Telegraph and Sun and a leader on the Financial Times are highly critical of the Labour Party and especially Jeremy Corbyn’s apparent failure to deal effectively with the issue.

The Guardian online reports that an Iranian court has handed 3 journalists heavy prison sentences for allegedly “spreading propaganda” in what the article says may be part of a wider crackdown on press freedom.

The Telegraph online says that the United Nations (UN) has warned of an “extremely dire” humanitarian situation in the Syrian town of Daraya, with an ongoing siege by Syrian government forces, despite a UN-brokered agreement to ensure supplies to the town several months ago.

The Guardian online also includes a report that a Lebanese rock band, whose lead singer is gay, has been banned from performing in Jordan. The band, which was due to play a concert in Amman but has been told not to perform, claims that the decision is discriminatory.

In the Israeli media, a major story in Israel Hayom, Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz is US Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech last night, in which he described Israel as “our great friend, and the only true democracy in the Middle East.” However, he said that Israel had been “snubbed” by the Obama administration which instead “has treated Iran with tender love and care, and made it a great power.”

Meanwhile, an attempted stabbing of Israeli soldiers by two Palestinians at the Kalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah is covered by Haaretz and Yediot Ahronot. The two assailants, a brother and a sister, were both shot dead at the scene. Such incidents have become less common over recent weeks, but had been near-daily occurrences in a wave of violence which has seen at least 31 Israelis killed since October.

Yediot Ahronot and Jerusalem Post both report that the Governor of Nablus in the West Bankhas lashed out at PA President Mahmoud Abbas, after he was suddenly dismissed by Abbas without any apparent explanation.

Meanwhile, the suspension of Naz Shah MP from the Labour Party over the recent revelation of anti-Semitic comments which she made via social media, is covered prominently by both Israel Hayom and Haaretz.