The Independent and Independent i both include a short report of an 18-year-old Palestinian man who was shot dead yesterday by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah. The IDF said the shooting took place after the man opened fire at soldiers and 12 bullet casings were found at the scene. The man’s family commented that he was simply carrying out his job at a road construction company when the incident took place.

The Guardian and Times report on pressure from pro-Palestinian activists on Oxfam to drop the actress Scarlett Johansson as an ambassador for the organisation. Johansson has defended her appearance in an advert for SodaStream, which maintains a factory in the West Bank, explaining that it provides equal employment for Palestinians and Israelis alike.

The Times says that ultra-Orthodox political leaders in Israel and even a family member have criticised an apparent relationship between the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a non-Jewish Norwegian girl who attends the same Israeli university.

Meanwhile, the Independent includes an obituary of former Meretz leader and Israeli Education Minister Shulamit Aloni, who died at the end of last week, aged 85.

The Times online reports that Turkish troops, supported by tanks and mortars, conducted a raid against the Islamist opposition group ISIS in Northern Syria, in response to an attack it launched on a Turkish border post. The incident marks a significant increase in Turkish engagement in Syria. The Independent includes a feature on the starving residents of besieged Damascus suburb Yarmouk, an area largely populated by Palestinians. Meanwhile, the online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph cover Home Secretary Theresa May’s announcement yesterday that the UK will grant entry to hundreds of Syrian refugees, prioritising victims of torture, women and children in need.

The online editions of the Guardian, Times and Financial Times report that 20 Al-Jazeera journalists, including two British citizens, have been charged in Egypt with membership of the Muslim Brotherhood, fabricating news reports and tarnishing Egypt’s reputation abroad; in what is viewed as a crackdown on press freedom and a continuing wider offensive against all opposition to military rule.

In the Guardian, Simon Tisdall analyses US President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and says it demonstrates an enormous disengagement from world affairs. He claims the Obama Administration’s insistence on chasing the dream of Israel-Palestinian peace comes at the expense of the Middle East’s wider maelstrom.

In the Israeli media, the conclusion to a spat between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Economy Minister and Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett over the future of West Bank settlers is the top story in Yediot Ahronot, Israel Hayom, Makor Rishon and Haaretz. Netanyahu’s office floated the idea that Israeli settlers in the West Bank could be given the option of remaining under Palestinian rule in the event of a peace deal, a suggestion sharply criticised by Bennett. Following an ultimatum from Netanyahu yesterday which threatened Bennett’s ministerial position, he apologised. Israel Hayom calls it a “capitulation” by Bennett, while Sima Kadmon in Yediot Ahronot disagrees, saying that the episode has empowered Bennett. The Yediot Ahronot headline indicates that relations between the two will continue to prove problematic, proclaiming “Until next time.”

Maariv highlights comments made yesterday by head of Military Intelligence Aviv Kochavi, who told a conference that around 170,000 missiles are trained on Israel’s cities and that Israel’s enemies retain a conventional threat to Israeli citizens.

Israel Hayom and Yediot Ahronot cover Thomas Friedman’s outline of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposed framework plan in the New York Times. In Makor Rishon, Amnon Lord says that Kerry’s plan will enable peace talks to be extended, Ben-Dror Yemini in Maariv affords it greater significance, saying “A window of opportunity is now being opened. An historic moment.” Makor Rishon covers comments by Finance Minister Yair Lapid who said that all Israelis will pay the economic price for a failure to make peace.