The Telegraph online reports that a highly-charged meeting took place in the Knesset between right-wing MKs who are members of the Land of Israel caucus and US Ambassador Dan Shapiro. In comments leaked to the Israeli media, some MKs, who later apologised, accused the United States of pressuring Israel into a bad agreement with the Palestinian Authority and questioned American support for Israel. In the Guardian online, Alan Elsner opines that the influential American pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC should declare its clear support for US Secretary of State John Kerry’s peace initiative when it meets for its annual policy conference next week, which both Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are scheduled to address.

The Independent, Independent i and online edition of the Guardian all report that the Jordanian parliament approved a non-binding vote to expel Israel’s ambassador following a Knesset debate during which some MKs suggested Israel’s government declare sovereignty over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The site is holy to Jews and Muslims and despite being under Israeli control is currently administered by Jordanian and Muslim religious authorities, with Jews barred from praying there.

The Telegraph online reports quotes from a magazine interview in which the Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson said she does not see herself as a role model over her decision to step down as an Oxfam ambassador. Johansson took the decision after defending her appearance in an advert for SodaStream, which maintains a factory in the West Bank, explaining that the factory provides equal employment for Palestinians and Israelis alike. In the interview, Johansson explained she took such action as she didn’t want her image to be manipulated.

The online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph say that Hezbollah has vowed retaliation against Israel at a time and place of its choosing, following an air strike late Monday night, which targeted one of its positions in Lebanon near the Syrian border. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied that it carried out the raid, which is thought to have been aimed at preventing arms transfers to Hezbollah from Syria.

In Syria itself, the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and Independent i all cover images released by the United Nations (UN) of a multitude of beleaguered and gaunt residents of Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus queuing for limited UN food parcels which warring factions permitted to be distributed. A UN official said the residents appeared “like ghosts” due to 18 months of starvation and neglect. The Telegraph online says the Assad regime has arrested the brother of an opposition delegate to the recent Geneva II peace talks. In the Telegraph, Peter Oborne argues that the West can get rid of Assad or fight al-Qaeda in Syria, but cannot do both.

In the Israeli media, both Yediot Ahronot and Maariv lead with the heightened state of alert on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon following Hezbollah’s threat yesterday to retaliate for an alleged Israeli air strike against one of its positions on Monday night. The same item is also covered prominently in Haaretz and Israel Hayom.

Israel Radio news says the New York Times is reporting that US President Obama will increase his personal support for John Kerry’s peace efforts and in particular Kerry’s framework plan for final status talks. President Obama is set to host Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next week and will also meet with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas during the coming month. At both meetings, Obama is expected to urge support for Kerry’s plan. Meanwhile, Israel Hayom covers a report in the Arabic media which claims that Abbas was furious during a meeting with Kerry last week in Paris over the proposed terms of the framework plan.

Maariv reports that Israel’s government has introduced a de facto construction freeze in West Bank communities outside the recognised settlement blocs, which it is assumed will remain under Israeli sovereignty in any peace deal. It is thought that the United States has been pushing for such a move to help progress peace talks.