The Guardian and Metro both report on the participation yesterday of Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin in a ceremony to mark the 1956 killing of 49 residents in the Israeli Arab town of Kfar Kassem. Rivlin became the first Israeli president to attend the annual ceremony and described the killings as a “terrible crime,” strongly calling for an end to violence between Jewish and Arab Israelis, saying “we are destined to live side by side.”

The Telegraph covers reports in the Israeli media that Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon was denied meetings last week with United States Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry. During his five-day US visit, Ya’alon met with Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel and the US Ambassador to the United Nations. However, the Israeli reports suggest that Ya’alon was intentionally snubbed in response to perceived criticism of the Obama Administration by senior Israeli leaders. Finance Minister Yair Lapid is quoted as saying that there is a “crisis” in US-Israel relations.

The Independent and Independent i both report that Egypt has postponed talks scheduled for this week in Cairo between Israel and a Palestinian faction to discuss a long-term Gaza agreement. The decision was made in the wake of huge terror attacks over the weekend in Sinai which killed more than 30 Egyptian soldiers. Egyptian leaders subsequently closed the Rafah Crossing with Gaza and indicated that there was Palestinian involvement in the attacks.

The Times and the online edition of the Financial Times cover a Lebanese army offensive against the al-Qaeda affiliated, Syrian based al-Nusra Front in Tripoli. Al-Nusra fighters have reportedly captured around 30 Lebanese soldiers and have threatened to kill them unless Lebanese forces end perceived support for Hezbollah, which actively backs President Assad in Syria.

The online edition of the Times reports that a fourth man from Portsmouth has been killed fighting for ISIS in Syria and Iraq. The Guardian online focuses on the Bangladeshi community in Portsmouth, to which all four men belonged and asks what could be done to prevent further radicalisation.

The online editions of the Times and Financial Times both report that there is “world outrage” from leaders and human rights groups at the hanging in Iran yesterday of a woman who killed her rapist.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Maariv, speculates that a deal has been struck between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home faction, whereby 2,000 West Bank construction permits will be issued in return for which Jewish Home will not destabilise the coalition. Although there was no official comment, Israel Radio news says that both Hatnuah leader Tzipi Livni and Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid have strongly condemned the prospect of such an agreement.

The lead story in Israel Hayom, also reported prominently in Maariv is the death of a second victim of the Jerusalem terror attack last week, when a Palestinian man rammed a car into a crowd of commuters. Israel Radio news says that the 20-year-old woman, also an Ecuadorian citizen, was buried last night. Meanwhile, Yediot Ahronot reports that the Attorney-General is considering a plan whereby the parents of those throwing stones and other projectiles in the ongoing Jerusalem violence, will be issued with heavy fines.

Haaretz reports President Rivlin’s participation yesterday in the Kfar Kassem memorial ceremony yesterday. Israel Radio news says that Rivlin will today preside over the opening of the Knesset’s winter session before flying to Warsaw to attend the opening of the new Jewish Museum in Warsaw.

Meanwhile, Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz both cover a decision apparently taken yesterday by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation to approve a bill drafted by Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked to permit a special Knesset majority to overrule the disqualification of legislation by the High Court of Justice.