The Guardian and the Times both cover addresses on Iran’s nuclear development delivered by US President Obama and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which the two leaders appeared to avoid differences on the issue. Speaking to the Saban Forum, an annual policy gathering in the United States, both leaders emphasised the goal of a negotiated diplomatic method of preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The Guardian also suggests that international inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have visited the Arak plutonium plant in Iran for the first time in more than two years. Meanwhile, the Independent reports that Israel’s President Shimon Peres said he is prepared to meet Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani if it would help calm regional tensions.

The Financial Times and online edition of the Telegraph say the Obama Administration will this week try to fend off Congressional attempts to introduce new legislation regarding sanctions on Iran before Congress breaks for a recess on Friday.

The Independent i highlights sections from Netanyahu’s speech yesterday to the Saban Forum in which he said that “iron-clad” security arrangements would be needed in a future peace deal with the Palestinian Authority. Meanwhile, the Telegraph reports that Palestinian officials have accused Israeli soldiers of shooting dead a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in an incident near Ramallah in the West Bank.

The Telegraph reports that Bahrain’s First Deputy Prime Minister has said that the United States is displaying “schizophrenia” in the Middle East and risks its relations with much of the Arab world due to its handling of recent developments in Egypt, Syria and Iran.

The Telegraph, Times, Independent, Metro, Sun and Guardian online all report that an RAF Chinook helicopter yesterday made a precautionary landing near Jericho in the West Bank after suffering a mechanical fault while flying during an exercise between Jordan and Cyprus. The Ministry of Defence said the crew are safe and well.

In the Independent, Robert Fisk pens two separate items, one suggesting that Israeli actions in Lebanon since 1982 may have influenced the mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan by American troops. The other questions parallels made by a Palestinian official comparing Irish and Palestinian history.

In this morning’s Israeli media, Maariv suggests that US Secretary of State John Kerry has requested Israel delay the release of a third group of Palestinian prisoners since peace talks resumed in July, in order to apply pressure on Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to show greater flexibility in negotiations. It is thought Abbas rejected Kerry’s ideas for security arrangements which he presented last week.

Israel Hayom and Maariv report on public comments made yesterday by Yesh Atid leader and Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who suggested that he would support changes in the composition of the coalition in order to advance peace talks. His comments were widely interpreted as a veiled threat towards Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home party. Maariv’s headline states “Lapid-Bennett Alliance Turns into Veritable Rift.” Meanwhile, in Yediot Ahronot, Nahum Barnea suggests that Prime Minister Netanyahu could be heading for a coalition crisis as American support for Israel’s security concerns would mean there is little excuse for not pursuing peace talks, which could alienate the likes of Jewish Home. Failure to make such progress would likely disaffect Hatnuah and Yesh Atid.

Both Israel Radio news and Yediot Ahronot report that Israel, the PA and Jordan will today sign an agreement in Washington at the World Bank headquarters, to lay water pipelines connecting the Red Sea with the Dead Sea. Infrastructure Minister Silvan Shalom will sign the agreement on Israel’s behalf.