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Palestinian team in Washington to prepare for Trump-Abbas meeting

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The Daily Express is concerned that UK foreign aid is funding terrorists after reports that Jamil Tamini, the man responsible for the murder of Briton Hannah Bladon in Jerusalem on Good Friday, was in line to receive £800 a month from the Palestinian Authority.

The i reports that Israel launched an attack on a Syrian military base near the Golan Heights yesterday, killing three government soldiers.

The Independent reports on comments made by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri last Friday where he urged the UN to negotiate a permanent ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. The report notes that Hezbollah has an arsenal that rivals that of the Lebanese army, and that Mr Hariri and others in Lebanon have repeatedly called on Hezbollah to withdraw its troops from Syria.

Yediot Ahronoth reports that in his weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he regretted last week’s argument between bereaved families and two Likud MKs. Netanyahu said: “As prime minister and as a member of a bereaved family, I heard the remarks that were made in the heat of the moment in the Knesset last week. I regret that those things were said, there needed to be an apology immediately, and it is good that there was.”

 Maariv reports that the Southern District Attorney’s Office filed four indictments in the Beersheva District Court against six male between the ages of 17 and 20, for allegedly assaulting members of minority groups between February and April 2017

The Times of Israel reports on Anti Defamation League research that antisemitic incidents have surged by 86 per cent in the US since the start of 2017.

On Sunday Israel Radio reported that the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike appears to be faltering. Eighty-eight prisoners have decided to end their hunger strike, joining 100 who ended last week.

 Israel Radio reports that a senior Palestinian delegation consisting of Saeb Erekat, Head of the General Intelligence Service Maj. Gen. Majed Faraj, and President Mahmoud Abbas’s economic advisor Mohammed Mustafa departed on Sunday to Washington to prepare for President Abbas’s visit to the White House on 3 May 2017.

 Makor Rishon reported over the weekend that the US administration and the Israeli government have begun preliminary talks to coordinate a visit by President Trump to Israel. Senior US administration officials told their Israeli counterparts that President Trump, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley intend to visit Israel in the months ahead.

 Channel Two reports a weekend poll that found Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party gaining ground against its rivals. According to the poll, the Likud would win 28 seats if elections were held today, making it the largest party in the Knesset, followed by Yesh Atid with 24 seats.