The Times and Financial Times report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has abandoned plans to allow men and women to pray at the Western Wall together following pressure from ultra-Orthodox parties in his coalition government. The Guardian reports that the Jewish Agency has cancelled a gala dinner with Netanyahu in Jerusalem in response. The i reports that Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said the move undermined Jewish unity: “This gives a very strong message that you [the diaspora] are not important to us.” The Guardian also notes Chair of Women of the Wall Anat Hoffman’s comment that “this is a bad day for women in Israel”.

The Times covers Israeli clashes with Syria, which lasted three days, as a UN post inside the Israeli border came under fire.

City AM reports that Israeli tech startups are increasingly looking to Ukraine and Eastern Europe for talented developers and programmers to make up for a shortage of qualified workers in Israel.

All the Israeli media continues to cover the controversy over prayer at the Western Wall.

Haaretz report on the race for the Labour Party Primary next week, citing close and contradictory polls.

Israel Hayom reports that the ongoing crisis at Hadassah Hospital will move to the High Court of Justice today.

Kan Radio quotes the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper which reports that Israel was involved in talks in Jordan between the US and Russia over the creation of a buffer zone in Syria, during which Israel demanded that Iranian militias be distanced 50 kilometers from the Israeli border.

Kan Radio also reports that Israel and Hamas held a series of meetings reportedly mediated by Egypt on the matter of returning the bodies of the soldiers and the Israeli civilians being held in Gaza.

Maariv and Yediot Ahronoth report on an explosion of a car in Ashkelon that killed a state witness and senior member of the criminal underworld.

The Times of Israel reports that a bill banning binary options has passed its first reading in the Knesset.