The Independent i and Metro both report this morning that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to New York yesterday ahead of an address to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly today, at which he vowed to refute “all of the lies directed at us” by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas about Operation Protective Edge in Gaza during the summer. On Friday, Abbas accused Israel of “war crimes” which are “unmatched in modern times.”

The Guardian online reports that around 200 demonstrators in Oakland, California have prevented an Israeli commercial shipping vessel from docking and unloading its goods at the city’s port. The demonstrators are protesting over this summer’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, although the article says that opponents have pointed out that local dock workers will ultimately suffer due to the protest.

The Financial Times includes a feature by Tony Barber which examines the apparent recent growth in European anti-Semitism. He says that “anti-Israeli political passions” have been used as a “useful cover” for anti-Semitic attacks on Jews.

There is widespread coverage of the air strikes being carried out by Royal Air Force jets on ISIS positions in Iraq, as part of the US-led coalition to defeat the extreme Islamist group. The Guardian online says that Prime Minister David Cameron indicated yesterday in an interview on BBC1 that the UK strikes could be extended to Syria, while the Independent online reports that similar comments were made by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon on Sky News.

Meanwhile, the Guardian, Times, Telegraph and Independent all say that the Al-Nusra Front in Syria, which is affiliated to Al-Qaeda, is moving towards a de-facto alliance with ISIS, having declared the US-led air strikes a “war against Islam.” US jets last week apparently attacked Al-Nusra targets, enraging the group’s leadership, which is fighting against the regime of Syria’s President Assad, which the United States also opposes.

In the Israeli media, the focus is squarely on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s scheduled address to the UN General Assembly later today. It is the top story in both Israel Hayom and Maariv, which calls it a “speech of truth.” However, both Shlomo Shamir in Maariv and Eitan Haber in Yediot Ahronot both say that the potential impact of Netanyahu’s speech will be blunted by general global weariness of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Shamir comments that the world is currently more concerned with ISIS, Ebola, climate change and a whole host of other issues.

Maariv addresses the ongoing issues surrounding the 2015 state budget and suggests that Finance Minister Yair Lapid plans to reduce the cost of electricity while at the same time pushing for an increase in the national deficit.

Another major item this morning is the surprising announcement yesterday by Commander of the Jerusalem District Police Cmdr. Yossi Pariente that he intends to retire and will not be a candidate to become the national police commissioner, with the incumbent’s term soon to end. Maariv, Israel Hayom and Israel Radio news all report widespread shock at the news. Pariente said that he wants to avoid the “danse macabre” of media scrutiny which invariably accompanies senior public appointments but insisted that he has nothing to hide.