This morning’s headlines in UK broadsheets are focused on yesterday evening’s vote at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, which overwhelmingly approved a resolution to recognise the Palestinian delegation as representatives of a ‘non-member state.’ The Guardian, Times, Independent, Telegraph, Financial Times, The Sun and Independent i report that 138 UN member states voted in favour of the resolution, nine against and 41 abstained, including the UK. Coverage in the Times looks at the prospect of peace talks in the aftermath of the vote, while the Independent focuses on Palestinian celebrations, which included both Fatah and Hamas in a rare show of unity between the rival factions. Meanwhile, an analysis in the Telegraph by David Blair argues that only talks with Israel can produce a meaningful Palestinian state while an editorial in the Times notes that the vote could see Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas increase his popularity at the expense of Hamas. Writing in the Daily Express, Frederick Forsyth says that Hamas stores weapons in residential areas in Gaza in order to bring about civilian casualties and argues that Egypt is the key to peace in Gaza.

Elsewhere in the region, the Guardian and the Times report that Egypt’s constituent assembly, which is dominated by President Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood, pushed through approval of the country’s new draft constitution in an all-night session last night, paving the way for a referendum on the document in December. The move follows a week of protests against Mursi’s rule after he granted himself wide-ranging powers that many Egyptians view as authoritarian.

Several dailies cover the ongoing conflict in Syria. The Guardian, Telegraph, Financial Times and the Independent report that the Syrian government shut down the Internet across the country and limited mobile phone services as fierce fighting took place near the airport in Damascus. The Telegraph also notes comments made by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that indicated that the United States is considering giving further help to the Syrian opposition during the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the Times reports on a protest of an estimated 3,000 people, led by an affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Jordanian capital Amman, which for the first time took aim at the country’s ruler King Abdullah.

The main story in the Israeli media is yesterday evening’s vote at the UN General Assembly, which approved the ‘non-member state’ status of the Palestinian delegation. It is the major front-page story in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Israel Hayom and Haaretz, which declares “The World Decides.” There is also a wide range of commentary on the issue. Yediot Ahronot’s Sever Plocker strikes a positive tone, saying “By giving recognition to the Palestinian state, the UN gave, for the second time since the end of the Second World War, its repeated recognition of the Jewish state.” Meanwhile, Amnon Lord takes an opposing view in Maariv, writing “the unilateral Palestinian step is the continuation of their political war to eliminate the State of Israel. It means that they have taken a step further in their delegitimisation of Israel.” Noah Klieger in Yediot Ahronot plays down the entire episode, saying, “It makes no difference how many countries voted in favor withoutIsrael’‎s consent, there is no Palestinian state.”

Two polls also feature prominently in the Israeli media this morning. Yediot Ahronot’‎s poll indicates that if elections were held today, the joint Likud-Beiteinu list would receive 37 seats and the Labour Party would win 19 mandates, Tzipi Livni’s new Hatnuah party would receive 9 seats and Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid 9. In an Israel Hayom poll, Likud-Beitenu is predicted to receive 39 seats, the Labour Party 20, Yesh Atid 10 and Hatnuah 7.