The Financial Times reports that Muslim worshippers prayed outside the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem yesterday in protest at additional security measures – metal detectors and extra video cameras – put in place following last Friday’s terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of two Israeli police officers.

The Guardian features a statement endorsed by 56 Palestinians, including students in Gaza and the UK and the academic and writer Haidar Eid, criticising Radiohead’s decision to go ahead with a concert in Tel Aviv tomorrow as “a slap in the face to Palestinians across the world”.  Responding to singer Thom Yorke’s comment that music is about crossing borders, they respond: “The only people creating borders in Palestine are Israel and its allies…every day Palestinians in Gaza are dying because they cannot leave the outdoor prison that Israel has created.”

The BBC reports that a man has been arrested on suspicion of flying a consumer drone close to planes as they prepared to land in Tel Aviv. A YouTube video suggested the drone had been flying as close as 90ft (27m) to passenger aircraft, in what Israel’s Transport Ministry described as a “disturbing and serious incident”.

AIl the Israeli media lead on the story of Mickey Ganor, the Israeli businessman who represented Thyssen-krupp and brokered the deal to buy submarines and patrol boats from it, becoming a state witness in return for a lighter sentence. Yediot Ahronot writes: “Beyond the fact that the evidence in the case will likely strengthen as a result of his testimony, this will be an official admission by the person who brokered the submarine deal that the deal was tainted by corruption.”

Yediot Ahronot also speculates on the connection to the approval that Israel gave Germany to sell advanced submarines to Egypt. Back in 2014, Egypt asked to buy four of the most advanced submarines and two anti-submarine ships, something the security establishment knew nothing about. The paper concludes: “It should not be ruled out that there is a connection between the change in the German position regarding the sale of subsidized ships to the Israeli Navy, and the consent of the Israeli government to the German deal with Egypt, which put more than two billion Euros into the coffers of the German shipyard.”

Haaretz reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu told French President Macron in their meeting on Sunday that he was sceptical about the peace efforts being made by the US.  According to the paper: “Netanyahu said it would be a mistake to treat all the West Bank settlements as a single entity. He said that much of the construction was in settlement blocs that Israel would retain in any peace agreement, and that even if a final-status accord were reached, he would not evacuate settlements because there was no reason Jews could not live in a Palestinian state.”

Maariv highlights a British enquiry that reveals faults in the new F-35 fighter jets. Israel has purchased 50 similar planes, but says that although it is the same plane, they have a different model.

Israel Hayom continues to focus on inter-Palestinian tension. The paper quotes close associates of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that claim he has leverage over Hamas and that the punitive measures will continue.

Jerusalem Post notes that President Abbas arrived in Beijing on Monday for a four-day visit.

Kan radio news reports that the Chief Rabbinate has asked the Supreme Court for a six week deadline to submit its position on the Western Wall to the High Court of Justice.