The Telegraph and the online editions of the Guardian and Financial Times all report that the Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki will today submit evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague of alleged Israeli war crimes. The PA hopes that the submission will further an ICC preliminary investigation into complaints against Israel, although the decision on whether to proceed further could take several years.

The Telegraph online says that Israeli authorities have cancelled entry to Jerusalem for 500 Gazan Palestinians, which Israel had agreed especially for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The decision came as a response to a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel on Tuesday evening.

The Times reports that Israeli security officials have instructed military ambulances carrying Syrians injured in the country’s civil war to by-pass Druze areas and divert to hospitals in the centre of the country. Israel has treated more than one thousand injured Syrians since the conflict began, but earlier this week a Druze mob attacked an IDF ambulance transporting two wounded Syrians who the attackers claimed were Islamists threatening their Druze brethren in Syria.

The Independent and Independent i both cover a Knesset bill submitted by a Jewish Home MK, which would significantly limit the activities and finances of NGOs which receive funding from foreign governments. Opponents of the bill say it is a brazen attempt by Jewish Home to silence voices which oppose the government.

The Financial Times, Guardian, Telegraph and Independent all report that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei has made public comments hardening Tehran’s position just a week ahead of a deadline on nuclear talks with the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). In a televised address, Khamenei ruled out foreign inspections of military sites and demanded an immediate end to sanctions and continued Iranian nuclear research. All reports note that Iran’s Parliament also passed a bill this week which supported Khamenei’s stance on military site inspections. Meanwhile, the Financial Times, Times and Daily Mail all report that oil giant Shell has been in negotiations with Iranian officials over business opportunities if sanctions should end.

In the Israeli media, both Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz lead with an expected compromise between the government and two leading energy companies over the profits from developing Israel’s off-shore natural gas fields. The Anti-Trust Authority had previously ruled that the energy companies were acting as a monopoly and would be forced to sell a stake, which prompted them to threaten to walk away from the project entirely. The issue has now been taken under the purview of the Security Cabinet, which is expected to approve a compromise today. Yediot Ahronot’s Amir Ben-David says “the state and the natural gas corporations made concessions on their original positions, including on some issues that they had described as red lines.”

Meanwhile, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom all focus on a stormy debate in the Knesset yesterday on an amendment to the Citizenship Law proposed by Meretz and the Arab Joint List, which would ease restrictions on Palestinians who marry Israelis adopting Israeli citizenship. The debate erupted when Likud’s Deputy Interior Minister Yaron Mazuz questioned the loyalty of some Arab MKs and told them, “Give back your ID cards. We are doing you a favour by letting you be here.” Mazuz was condemned by opposition MKs and some coalition representatives, including Kulanu’s Eli Alaluf who Maariv notes walked out in protest.

Israel Radio says that Druze leaders met last night with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and denounced the attack on an IDF ambulance by a Druze mob, as it was transporting wounded Syrians. Meanwhile, Haaretz says that five arrests have been made in connection with the incident.