BBC News Online, the Telegraph, the Independent, the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the London Evening Standard, the Sun and the Daily Express report on Prince William’s trip to Jordan and his arrival last night in Israel. He first visited the ancient city of Jerash where he met young people helped by a charity refugee programme. The Duke of Cambridge said on Sunday that his wife “loved” living in the country, adding: “She is very upset that I am coming here without her.” He was photographed in the same spot, adding: “Need to come back with the family for this shot.” He laughed when he was shown an enlarged copy of the photograph and said: “Michael’s (his father-in-law) looking very smart in his flip-flops.” He also visited a military base of the Quick Reaction Force – formed with British military support, to meet members of Jordan’s armed forces. Later, the Duke visited the Dar Na’mah Centre, part of a charitable project set up by Jordan’s Princess Taghrid to help orphaned girls establish their own livelihoods after they turn 18. After being shown the textiles, herbal oils and breads they make, Prince William was introduced to Lana Muslam, 29, who was abandoned as a baby and grew up in an orphanage. According to BBC News Online, he also had time before his departure to meet with pilots from Jordan’s Air Ambulance Centre. He arrived yesterday evening in Tel Aviv after flying from Amman, where he was met by Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, British Ambassador to Israel, David Quarrey and the Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev. He was taken to the King David Hotel in Jerusalem where a freshly baked pile of scones had been prepared for him. There, according to Sheldon Ritz, the hotel’s Director of Operations, he was greeted with tea imported from England – the “best we can buy” – as well as fresh milk, cream and strawberry jam for his scone. “We heard that there’s a big debate in England about whether you put the cream or the jam on first, so we’ll leave them to the side and let the Prince decide,” he told the Jewish News. At the request of the UK government, the Duke is due to meet Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu as well as Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, during the trip, which is seen as hugely significant for UK-Israel relations. He is also due to meet the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah in the West Bank. The Duke will visit the Holocaust memorial centre Yad Vashem this morning where he will lay a wreath to commemorate the millions of Jews who died during the Second World War.

BBC Radio Four’s Today Programme included a report from Yolande Knell on the royal visit. She spoke to the owner of the Razzouq tattoo parlour in Jerusalem, where previously British princes have got tattoos when they visited the city. The tattoo parlour was initially featured in a BICOM Briefing on the history of Royal visits to the region.

BBC News Online, the Times, the Telegraph and the Guardian reports on the recent protests in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar. Traders there staged a rare strike spurred by similar industrial action at two other major markets for mobile phones and consumer electronics. Protesters said they were angered by a collapse of the Iranian rial on the black market which has driven up prices. It was the biggest protest in Tehran since 2012, when international sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear activities were crippling its economy. Those protests led ultimately to a change in government and to Iran agreeing to substantive talks on a nuclear deal with world powers. The economic sanctions were lifted after the deal was implemented in 2016, but President Donald Trump announced in May that the US was abandoning it. Fears about the impact of the US sanctions that will start to be reinstated in August and possibly trigger the collapse of the nuclear deal has led to the rial falling to a record low against the dollar on the unofficial foreign exchange market.

The Guardian published a column by the founder and President of J Street, Jeremy Ben-Ami, calling for the US Senate to recall US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman who he believes has “used the embassy as a personal bully pulpit to reshape US policy and advance his personal far-right agenda”.

The Telegraph published a column by Middle East correspondent Raf Sanchez which argues that voters in Turkey have backed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lead them into authoritarianism. He writes that “Erdogan, now celebrating a new term in office, received endless hours of favourable media coverage while his opponents struggled to even make it on television. What’s more, the vote took place under a state of emergency that has seen the arrest of more than 50,000 people, including the leader of what is now the country’s third largest political party”. The Independent and the Times report that the first day of Turkey’s new future under an imperial presidency began with a nation deeply divided and a triumphant Erdogan describing plans for social and economic measures at home and a forceful foreign policy abroad. Erdogan, who will have unprecedented power as head of state under a new constitution, offered little by way of reconciliation to his opponents who had been left dismayed and dejected after failing in the election, despite running a spirited campaign which had brought forecasts of them gaining control over parliament and forcing a second round run-off for the presidency. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made overtures to Erdogan, pledging to increase co-operation between their two countries in Syria and signalling that he may try to lure his counterpart even further away from Europe.

The London Evening Standard and the Sun report a flight from New York to Israel was delayed for over an hour after four men refused to sit next to women due to their religious beliefs. The passengers, who were ultra-Orthodox Jews, boarded the El AI plane but refused to take to their seats after finding they had been placed next to women, according to reports. Khen Rotem, a passenger on board the flight wrote on Facebook that the men refused to cooperate with the female cabin crew, forcing the male flight attendants to try and rectify the issue. Eventually two female passengers agreed to move, the passenger claimed.

The Independent reports that the Syrian military and allied Russian air force say they have killed 70 rebels in south-west Syria as fears grow for civilians fleeing a massive government offensive on Deraa, one of the last opposition strongholds in the country.

The Times reports that Jordan has said it will not take in any more Syrian refugees as a new wave of displaced people flee an offensive by troops loyal to the Assad regime in the southern province of Daraa. Assad’s forces have been advancing under the cover of Russian airstrikes with rebel fighters believed to have been told by the US that they cannot expect any military intervention.

The Daily Express reports that Israel received three more F-35 fighter jets on Sunday, bringing its total fleet of the US fifth-generation combat aircrafts to at least a dozen . The F-35 jets joined the nine other aircrafts that make up the Israeli Air Force (IAF)’s Golden Eagle Squadron. The IAF said the new jets “will begin taking part in the IAF’s operational activity” in a short while.

The Daily Express reports that the IAF attempted to target an Iranian cargo plane that was unloading at Damascus International Airport. Alleged footage on social media of the strike seems to show the missiles striking a target, but local reports say nothing was hit. In response to the attack, the Syrian Air Defence attempted to down the Israeli missiles over eastern Damascus.

Yediot Ahronot leads with an exclusive report that Israel has approved the construction of a solar electricity farm in its own territory to provide electricity for the Gaza Strip. The installation, whose construction will be paid for by private citizens from Israel and abroad, will be located at the Erez crossing in the north of the Gaza strip. Government officials in Jerusalem stressed that this is a unilateral humanitarian course of action, not part of an agreement with Hamas.  The subject of the farm and other ideas to improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip were discussed in the meetings that Jason Greenblatt and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s envoys, held this week. Channel Two news, last night reported that Israel is formulating a proposal to build a seaport in Cyprus for the Gaza Strip in exchange for the return of the soldiers’ bodies and the civilians being held by Hamas in Gaza.  Maariv also reports Defence Minister Lieberman and the Cypriot president agreed to open a port for Gaza off the coast of Cyprus.  They expect to present a plan in the next three months.  The port will be under Israeli supervision so as to prevent weapons from being smuggled.

Also on the front page of Yediot Ahronot, the “Royal arrival” a picture of  Prince William disembarking from the aeroplane at Ben Gurion airport, for the first official visit by a member of the Royal family in Israel. Israel Hayom also includes a picture of the Prince.  Similarly Maariv carries the image of the Prince being greeted on the runway.

Kan Radio News reports that official media outlets in Syria reported that two Israeli missiles were fired in the area of Damascus’s international airport last night. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Syrian military failed to intercept the missiles, which hit a Hezbollah armory near the airport. A Syrian security official told the Russian news agency Sputnik that no one was killed and that only minor damage had been sustained.

Haaretz and Israel Hayom both prominently cover an event organised by the Chabad ultra-orthodox movement in Tel Aviv’s Rabin square which for the first time included  a partition to enable gender segregation.  Although common in orthodox synagogues this is highly unusual in Tel Aviv.  Haaretz reports a judge ordered the mayor to allow the partition, the paper quotes a legal expert “What they’re saying is that we need to be tolerant of intolerance”.

Haaretz reports that Zionist Union leader Tzipi Livni has threatened to dismantle the Zionist Union, which also includes the Labour Party if she is not appointed Leader of the Opposition. The position became vacant after Issac Herzog was chosen as the new head of the Jewish Agency.  Herzog has endorsed Livni’s for the role as she served as his number two.  However, it is Avi Gabbay the chairman of the Labour Party, himself, not a member of Knesset who will decide and may prefer selecting a candidate from his own party to serve as head of the opposition.

Yediot Ahronot and Maariv continue report on the recording of Nir Hefetz, the former senior adviser to the Prime Minister who is now state witness in the alleged corruption cases against the Netanyahu and his wife.  This morning the papers reveal further details of unreasonable demands and exploitation of the Prime Minister’s Residence’s staff.

Yediot Ahronot and Maariv report on a “scene of commotion” yesterday at the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in the Knesset when it met to discuss Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s Bill to change the appointment process of the ministries’ legal advisers so that the ministers have much more influence.   In an attempt to avert this, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit came to the meeting and presented his arguments directly to Ayelet Shaked, who sat a few meters from him. “The Bill will undermine the rule of law, the independence of the legal advisers and the public’s confidence in them,” he said. “I’m not just another bureaucrat. The government appointed me to ensure that the rule of law is upheld”. A number of MKs heckled her, saying, “We see how you appoint judges.”    Shaked replied, “I appointed more than 250 judges, who, from the moment they were chosen, only respect the law.” No date was set for a vote.