The Metro, Daily Mail, The Times, BBC, Independent, Sky News, the Sun and the Telegraph report that Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn attended a wreath laying ceremony for members of the Black September terrorist group. The Daily Mail reports that Corbyn admitted yesterday being present at a wreath-laying for those thought to be involved in the 1972 killings at the Munich Olympics but said that he did “not think” he was involved in actually putting down the floral tribute. The Times reports that Corbyn confirmed that “I was there because I wanted to see a fitting memorial to everyone who has died in every terrorist incident everywhere. Because we have to end it.” The BBC reports that in response, Corbyn said that he had attended a memorial for victims of the bombing of Palestine Liberation Organisation headquarters by Israel in 1985. The Independent reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has waded into the row over Jeremy Corbyn’s record on antisemitism, saying the Labour leader deserves “unequivocal condemnation” for attending a memorial service for the Munich massacre terrorists. In response, Corbyn said: that “What deserves condemnation is the killing of over 160 Palestinian protesters in Gaza by Israeli forces since March, including dozens of children.”

Sky News reports that Corbyn also criticised the nation state law recently introduced in Israel, saying: “I stand with the tens of thousands of Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel demonstrating for equal rights at the weekend in Tel Aviv.” A Labour spokesperson said on Monday: “As has been consistently stated, Jeremy Corbyn visited the Palestine National Cemetery in Tunisia to support Palestinian rights and honour the victims of the illegal 1985 airstrike, many of whom were civilians, on the PLO’s headquarters – an attack condemned by the UN.” The Sun reports that Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger raged: “Being “present” is the same as being involved. She said: “When I attend a memorial, my presence alone, whether I lay a wreath or not, demonstrates my association & support. There can also never be a ‘fitting memorial’ for terrorists. Where is the apology?” Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, Joan Ryan MP, has also sent Corbyn a letter demanding he give a full apology. Writing in the Telegraph, Harry Yorke says: “Corbyn’s denial of laying a wreath on the Black September graves was undermined by an article he had written for the Morning Star days after the visit. It reiterated the claim that wreaths were laid for the 1985 casualties but also noted that others were laid ‘on the graves of others killed by Mossad agents in Paris in 1991’.”

The Times, Telegraph, FT and the Independent report on Turkeys economic crisis. The Times reports that the lira fell as much as 11 per cent at one point yesterday, to 7.24 lira to the US dollar. In response to U.S. sanctions imposed on each of their countries, Russia, Iran and Turkey have grown increasingly close, vowing to help each other after challenging US political and economic leadership over issues as diverse as Syria, human rights and the rules of trade. The Telegraph reports that Erdogan has accused Trump of waging “economic war against the entire world” and called the US decision to impose tariffs on Turkey a “stab in the back.” Mr Erdogan and Berat Albayrak, finance chief and the president’s son-in-law, continue to blame outside forces for the drop of the lira. The FT reports that Turkish companies in construction, real estate and energy have struggled to contend with a weak lira, and the banks that finance them have also felt the pain. According to a report by Turkey’s central bank, 85 per cent of the country’s total of $293bn in corporate foreign currency loans are held by 2,300 companies. The collapse in the value of the lira, which has slid more than 40 per cent in the year to date, makes both servicing foreign-exchange debts and importing goods much more challenging. The Independent reports that other emerging economies were in an ominously similar position to Turkey, having borrowed extensively in dollars over the past decade, leaving them potentially at risk of default as the US central bank raises rates. The collapse of confidence in the lira spread to the South African rand, which fell by as much as 7 per cent against the dollar, while the Indian rupee sank to a record low against the greenback, dipping close to 70 per dollar.

The FT reports that Iran’s supreme Ayatollah Khamenei leader had banned any negotiations with the Trump administration as he attacked the US for being “a bullying and deceitful regime.” Khamenei’s comments came two weeks after Donald Trump said he was willing to meet Iranian leaders “without preconditions”. In response, Khamenei said: “For what reason would we sit at the negotiating table with a bullying and deceitful regime” that “gives reassuring promises but demands advantages in return without meeting its own promises”, said Mr Khamenei, Iran’s ultimate decision maker.

The Independent reports on protests in Tel Aviv over the Nation-State Law. More than 30,000 people protested Aviv over the weekend. The Arab, Druze and Jewish crowds waved Palestinian flags in Rabin Square against what has been dubbed an “apartheid law” by Arab-Israeli politicians. Netanyahu said the weekend’s protest proved the necessity of passing the law: “Yesterday we received unequivocal evidence of defiance to the existence of the State of Israel and the necessity of the nation state law.”

The Daily Mail and Reuters report on Netanyahu’s secret meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The Daily Mail reports that Israeli television Channel 10 said Netanyahu paid a secret visit to Egypt in May 2017 for talks with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Reuters reports that a spokesman for Netanyahu declined to comment on the report and there was no immediate comment from Egyptian officials. The two leaders discussed the easing of an Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza, rehabilitation of its infrastructure and terms for a ceasefire.

The Times reports that Netanyahu has threatened early elections if his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners refuse to compromise in a row over military service. Netanyahu said he was ready to dissolve the Knesset unless a deal was quickly reached on drafting a law to conscript religious seminary students. It comes after the high court ruled last year that an arrangement dating back to the foundation of Israel which allowed them to defer service, often indefinitely, was unconstitutional. Religious soldiers who have joined the army have also created other problems. An entire platoon turned their backs on a female instructor at the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) parachuting school last week.

Writing in the Guardian, Nathan Thrall comments on how the boycott movement has transformed the Israeli – Palestinian debate. Thrall writes that “In the UK, BDS has brought turmoil to courts and local councils, embroiling them in disputes over the legality of local boycotts of settlement goods” and that “Perhaps most significantly, BDS has challenged the two-state consensus of the international community.”

The Israeli media focuses on the the story that Jewish American journalist Peter Beinhart was detained and questioned at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday. A statement from the Shin Bet said: “His detention was carried out at the discretion of the professional official in the field.” Yedioth Ahronot quotes Opposition Chairwoman Tzipi Livni who said that “Netanyahu’s state of the Jewish people detained for questioning a Jew at Ben Gurion Airport who came to attend a bar mitzvah. There’s no limit. I demanded today that the subcommittee on intelligence be summoned for an urgent meeting with all the relevant officials.”

Commentating on the incident, Maariv’s, Shlomo Shamir writes: “The State of Israel, which prides itself on being the Jewish state and boasts of being the stronghold of democracy in the Middle East, has made a mockery of its status as a home for every Jew and is ruining its reputation as a democratic country. That is the disgraceful significance of the detention of Jewish-American journalist Peter Beinart, who came to Israel with his family, at Ben Gurion Airport.” Also in Maariv, Yossi Melman writes that “in recent weeks, there have been at least four cases in which GSS agents detained and interrogated Israeli and Jewish political activists. It goes without saying that all of them were left-wingers. This chain of events provides food for thought: maybe this is not a matter of isolated incidents”.

Haaretz’s Anshel Pfeffer argues that “this may be an unpopular view on the left but I’m not entirely convinced that Israel has suddenly and radically changed its border-control policy towards Jewish activists and journalists, critical of Israeli policies…What’s obviously changed is in the past, most Jewish journalists or activists detained at Ben Gurion preferred not to go public for a variety of personal and professional reasons. Some preferred to believe it was a mistake. Today, being detained entering Israel is a badge of pride…What has changed is that the hysteria being spread by Netanyahu, Erdan and other ministers, has filtered down to the frontline agents, who seem to be more likely to detain arrivals. And those who were detained more prepared to speak out than in the past.”

Maariv and Haaretz report that Netanyahu and Sisi met covertly in Cairo to discuss an arrangement in Gaza. The Prime Minister’s office declined to comment.

Kan Radio News reports that Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman is scheduled to hold a meeting this afternoon to assess the situation on the border with the Gaza Strip. Should quiet in the area be preserved, it is possible that it will be decided to open the Kerem Shalom crossing in full and expand the permitted fishing zone off the coast of the Gaza Strip.

Kan Radio News quotes Arab and Palestinian sources that Egypt has been preparing to resume talks with representatives of the Palestinian organisations regarding an arrangement in Gaza, calming border tensions, and Fatah-Hamas reconciliation. A senior Hamas official who is based overseas said that representatives of Hamas were scheduled to visit Egypt today, although it was still unclear whether Fatah would send representatives and at what rank. A high-level delegation of overseas-based Hamas officials led by Saleh al-Arouri returned to Cairo on Saturday night and other Hamas members are expected to join it today.

Yedioth Ahronot and Israel Hayom report that Lieberman said that attempts to cast aspersions on Maj. Gen. Yair Golan is inappropriate and that the campaign against him will have no effect on the appointment of the next Chief of Staff.

Israel Hayom, YNET and the Times of Israel cover the ongoing controversy over Eurovision. Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said his municipality will pay the venue cost for the Eurovision song contest. With the government and IPBC still squabbling over who will pay a 12 million euro guarantee payment to ensure Israel could host the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, the European Broadcast Union says it has alternatives.

The Times of Israel reports on a New York Times article written by World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder in which he argues that a number of recent events and laws in Israel are “creating the impression that the democratic and egalitarian dimensions of the Jewish democratic state are being tested. Lauder said that the Nation State Law “correctly reaffirms that Israel is a Jewish state, but also damages the sense of equality and belonging of Israel’s Druze, Christian and Muslim citizens.”