The Times and the Daily Telegraph continue to cover Labour leader Ed Miliband’s visit to Israel and the West Bank. Following a visit to Yad Vashem and a speech at the Hebrew University on Thursday, Miliband’s visit continued with a trip to see a ‘long lost relative’ on a kibbutz, a stopover at the border town of Sderot, which has suffered from a decade of Hamas rockets, and talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leader of the opposition Isaac Herzog. Miliband is due to meet with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas before leaving the region on Monday

The Daily Telegraph publishes a feature on Israeli teenagers who conscientiously object to army service; while the Independent runs a story about Palestinian Professor who took 27 Palestinian college students to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland as part of a project designed to teach empathy and tolerance to both Palestinians and Israelis. The paper reports on the controversy it generated in Palestinian society. The Independent also covers a story about a decision by the Israeli Defence Ministry to declare 250 acres of territory south of Bethlehem to be state land; the Guardian reports on three caravans built in the E1 corridor near Jerusalem by EU-funded aid that were taken down by Israel, who claimed that they had been assembled illegally.

Much of the regional news is focused on the ongoing civil war in Syria. The Financial Times, Guardian and BBC news publish stories on a reported Syrian gas attack in an opposition-held village Kfar Zeita, some 125 miles north of Damascus on Friday; both sides are accusing the other of responsibility for the attack. The Daily Telegraph, Guardian and BBC news refer to a quote by Bashar Assad in the Syrian state news agency SANA in which he claims that the civil war in the country is turning in the government’s favour.

The Times meanwhile reports on an upcoming battle in the last rebel-held town west of Damascus while the Independent refers to a letter by a coalition of MPs and peers that demands David Cameron be “bold and ambitious” in his response to the Syrian refugee crisis. The Guardian also publishes an obituary for Patrick Seale who passed away over the weekend.

Finally, the Daily Telegraph runs an opinion piece by Mark Dubowitz warning the US to be careful in its diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb explaining that Washington needs to open its eyes to Iran’s intentions and suggesting that the Obama Administration should begin to see diplomacy as a mailed fist.

The Israeli press leads with the fatal shooting in a Jewish community centre in Kansas by a former Ku Klux Klan activist which left three people dead.

In addition, many newspapers discuss continued attempts by Israel and the Palestinians to return to negotiations. Maariv reports that the negotiating delegations met in Jerusalem. For three hours without the presence of US Special Envoy Martin Indyk, who returned to the US. The Times of Israel reports that a the negotiators are due to meet again on Tuesday or Wednesday evening, this time in the presence of Indyk.

Yediot Aharanot meanwhile publishes a story about the potential coalition crisis sparked by the threats of resignation made by Naftali Bennett and the Jewish Home. The paper also reports that Israeli Defence Minister Ya’alon has allowed settlers to return to disputed Hebron house following a seven-year dispute which ended following a Supreme Court ruling last month that the Jewish settlers were the lawful owners of the building.