The Times reports on President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, where he praised Arab and Muslim countries whilst reserving harsh words for Iran: “It is a government that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing the destruction of Israel, death to American and ruin for many leaders and nations in this room.”

The Daily Telegraph reports that President Trump called on the Arab leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia to do their “fair share” in the fight against terrorism, saying that the evil of terrorism could be overcome “if everyone in this room… fulfils their part of the burden.”

The i reports on Iranian concerns of new unilateral US sanctions, as a senior figure in Tehran has claimed that the US plays up the Iranian threat for economic reasons.

The Times reports that a Hamas military court has sentenced three Palestinians to death for the killing of Mazen Fuqaha, was shot on 24 March in Gaza City.

The i reports that the ultimate deal between Israelis and Palestinians is the next agenda item for President Trump’s foreign trip, as he lands in Israel today on a two-day visit that will include separate meetings with the Israeli Prime Minister and the Palestinian Authority President.

The Guardian reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered ministers to attend the airport reception of President Trump today after learning some had planned to skip the ceremony.

The Times reports on the ongoing confusion over whether Prime Minister Netanyahu will accompany President Trump to the Western Wall, as the latter said that a final decision was yet to be made in an interview with Israel Hayom yesterday.

The Israeli media is dominated by the imminent arrival of President Trump. Both Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom take the rare approach of running their headlines with an English translation as they welcome the President. Yediot Ahronot: “Welcome Mr. Donald Trump, the forty-fifth president of the United States of America. No, we have no golden castles with which to welcome you, like those you visited in Saudi Arabia. We have no colourful parade of camels with which to honour you. We have nothing to offer you except what we have here: the values of human rights, basic democratic laws, and a Western observation post in the Middle East.”  Israel Hayom reminds the President that he told the paper “I love the people of Israel”, and said was “committed to the security and future of Israel.  You believe the United States and Israel are allies that share common values, and that America must not forsake old friends”.  The newspaper warned: “Yet, you must know that the last thing we need is another failed peace process. We are tired of futile diplomacy that have only led to more bloodshed, which made us adopt a more sober view regarding the prospect of successful negotiations.  We desire peace, not a process.”

Reflecting on the US-Saudi arms deal, Yossi Melman in Maariv comments on the Israeli government’s overwhelming silence in the face of this deal, suggesting that that silence stems from shared interests between Israel and Saudi Arabia, on the one hand, and fear that public criticism of the deal might enrage President Trump, but also concern that, “if the day ever arrives in which the House of Saud falls from power (all predictions in that vein have been premature to date), all of those enormous quantities of weapons are liable to fall into the hands of Muslim extremists, the sons of Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaida gang or, even worse, the grandsons of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of the Islamic State, aka ISIS”.

Yediot Ahronot assesses that the Saudi military will be more advanced and modern as a result of the arms deal and in some spheres it will close the gaps with the IDF’s qualitative edge.

Israel Hayom reports the apparent warning of Trump toward Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas not to set preconditions for a resumption in peace negotiations.  While Kan Radio News reports that a Palestinian source notes energetic preparations were underway to convene an international conference for a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this summer. He told a correspondent for the Chinese news agency in Ramallah that the conference would also include a timetable for establishing full normalised relations between Israel and Muslim Arab states. He said that efforts were being made to launch bilateral negotiations to last up to 18 months.

Maariv covers the beginning of Jerusalem Day celebrations. Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Jerusalem was and would always be Israel’s capital, and that the Temple Mount and the Western Wall would remain under Israeli sovereignty forever.  Netanyahu said outside the Tower of David at a ceremony for the 50^th anniversary of the city’s reunification that Jerusalem had always been the national capital of the Jewish people alone, and no other.