In the UK and international media today, all papers continue to report on the developments in the Middle East and Northern Africa as civilians protest against their governments. In news from Libya, the papers note that international community will meet to discuss its response to events on the ground and the mounting humanitarian crisis taking place in Tripoli. BBC Online and the Times note that the Prime Minister of Tunisia Mohammed Ghannouchi announced his resignation. The Independent and Reuters notes that Iranian opposition leaders have been secretly moved from their homes where they were under house arrest to a safe house near Tehran. BBC Online notes that Iran is removing nuclear fuel from the reactor at the Bushehr power plant and the process will be supervised by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Over the weekend, the Telegraph on Saturday carried an interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who discussed efforts to renew peace talks with the Palestinians and the current uprisings in the Arab world. Reuters reported that Palestinian medical sources said that an Islamic Jihad member was killed and two injured by an Israeli attack in east Gaza City last night. Reuters also noted that an Israeli probe into the assassination of bomb maker Salah Shehadeh in 2002 that also killed 13 civilians in Gaza said there was no criminal wrongdoing.

In the Israeli press today, Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post note that Quartet Middle East Envoy Tony Blair arrived to the region and met with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas yesterday. The papers note that PM Netanyahu will meet with senior ministers today to decide whether to send his peace process envoy to meet with Quartet officials and discuss possible progress in Israeli-Palestinian talks. Haaretz notes that Jordanian officials met with Swedish and Portuguese counterparts on Sunday in Amman and urged the EU to put pressure Israel to stop unilateral measures and to return to progress with peace talks. All papers note that Palestinian sources said that an Islamic Jihad member was killed and two injured in a strike last night in east Gaza City. The sources said it was an attack by Israel, while the IDF denied any involvement in a strike last night. Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Post and Ynetnews report that the US has accused Iran of “blatant” human rights violations. All papers note that a short documentary about a school for foreign worker’s children in Tel Aviv won an Academy Award last night.