Today the Daily Telegraph runs a piece on sales of uranium by Zimbabwe to Iran. The Guardian has an obituary for Anglo-Jewish communal leader Cyril Stein. The paper also has a letter from a prominent Anglo-Jewish lawyer Anthony Julius reaffirming his description of the play Seven Jewish Children by a British writer about Israel as antisemitic. The Independent notes continuing protests in Egypt. The Times, meanwhile, reports on a complaint by an Anglo-Jewish leader that he was threatened by an academic from the London School of Economics. The Financial Times reports on continued unrest in Bahrain. Reuters notes Israeli plans to begin renovation work at a contested site in east Jerusalem. Reuters also reports on Saudi attempts to prevent demonstrations by Shia citizens of Saudi Arabia.

Over the weekend, the Observer, Daily Mail, Sunday Times and the Sunday Express had pieces on antisemitism in Paris, and fashion designer John Galliano’s recent antisemitic remarks. BBC Online on Saturday noted a dispute between Israel and the US over tax related to Israel’s newly discovered reserves of natural gas. The Observer ran an additional piece on the struggle for democracy in the Middle East. The Sunday Mirror noted a gift to the Conservative Party from the son of a prominent Syrian businessman. The Daily Telegraph had a piece contending that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will propose the establishment of a Palestinian state with provisional borders in a visit to the US. The Independent on Saturday had a travel piece on Syria. The Guardian on Saturday noted that The Anglican bishop of Jerusalem has launched legal action against the government of Israel after it refused him and his family a residency visa for the city. The Independent on Saturday had a piece on recent Iranian claims that the logo for the 2012 Olympics consisted of the word ‘Zion.’

Over the weekend and today the social workers strike dominated the Israeli media. Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post today note renewed unrest in Egypt, and the appointment of a number of new Egyptian ministers. Haaretz has an additional report on the appointment of Ron Prosor, Israel’s current ambassador to the UK, to the post of ambassador to the United Nations. Haaretz also carries a claim that the sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received payments for backing Israeli gas sales. The Jerusalem Post has additional pieces on a planned ‘day of unity’ by Palestinians, and a call by the UN on Libya to cease attacks on civilian targets in the country. Ynetnews notes that the newly appointed Egyptian foreign minister has expressed remarks hostile to Israel, and encouraged Arab states to sue Israel for ‘genocide.’ Ynetnews also notes remarks by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal supporting the uprising in Egypt. Maariv runs a piece on a strike by social workers in Israel.