The Guardian online reports that US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Jason Greenblatt met yesterday with Yesha Council leaders, the organisation representing Israeli West Bank settlements. The article describes it as an “unusual move” with settler leaders quoted saying “The previous administration never met like this”. The report also notes that Greenblatt met yesterday for a second time with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A statement said that they “made progress” on the issue of settlement construction and discussed “concrete measures” to boost Palestinian economic development.

The Times notes that the US State Department has said the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to foreign aid will not impact “more than $3 billion in security assistance to Israel” which will be “ring-fenced”.

The Independent reports that a doctor from Gaza is suing the Israeli Government for killing his three daughters and a niece during Operation Cast Lead in 2009. He is demanding a formal apology and compensation, which he intends to donate to charity. During the opening stages of proceedings, Israeli Forces claimed both that Hamas operatives were in the house providing guidance to sniper fire, and that it was a Hamas weapon store within the building which caused the explosion.

The Times reports that Google could be summoned for urgent talks with UK Government officials after adverts for public bodies appeared on extremist websites. One example in the story is a Metropolitan Police advert that appeared on a website linked to Hezbollah, next to a cartoon depicting Israel as a crocodile.

The Guardian online reports that at least 42 people have been killed following an air strike on a mosque near the Syrian city of Aleppo.

The Financial Times says that Iran “remains almost entirely off limits for American investors” despite non-US spending in Iran soaring, following the easing of sanctions due to the 2015 nuclear deal.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Israel Hayom and Maariv, is the plea bargain agreed between state prosecutors and Joint Arab List MK, Bassel Ghattas, who was caught smuggling phones and documents to convicted Palestinian security prisoners. Ghattas agreed to serve a two-year sentence and resign from the Knesset. Israel Radio news quotes Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who expressed dismay at what he terms a light sentence for Ghattas and said he hopes that the court will reject the deal.

Maariv reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon have ended their disagreement over a new public broadcasting corporation. Earlier this week, Netanyahu called for its launch to be suspended by six months, which Kahlon strongly opposes. They have now agreed that the corporation will begin broadcasting as planned and that Kahlon will support a new bill to create a new political body to supervise commercial channels and the public broadcasting corporation.

Maariv and Yediot Ahronot both report that Rabbi Eli Sadan has said he has no intention of dismissing Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, despite Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s call for Levinstein to resign. Sadan and Levinstein run a religious pre-army preparatory academy. Levinstein was recently filmed making disparaging remarks about women serving in the IDF. Sadan said: “We will not let politicians exploit us.”

Israel Radio reports that some 30,000 runners are participating in the Jerusalem Marathon today. Many streets in the city are closed. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has reportedly threatened to fire the ultra-Orthodox deputy mayor if today’s race is disrupted by ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protesting the arrest of a community member who did not report to the IDF recruitment office as required.