The Telegraph, Independent, Independent i and the online edition of the Guardian all cover yesterday’s meeting in Jerusalem between Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which focused on the implications of this week’s nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). At a joint press conference, Hammond and Netanyahu outlined their positions and frank disagreements over the deal. The Independent also reports that a Channel Ten poll indicates that 70 per cent of Israelis oppose this week’s agreement and that Haaretz has suggested opposition leader Isaac Herzog’s backing for Netanyahu’s position could lay the foundations for his party to join the coalition.

In further coverage of the fallout from the nuclear deal, the Financial Times includes an op-ed from the United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister who says that Iran must now choose between continuing to further destabilize the region or use the opportunity to responsibly rebuild its economy and join the Arab world in fighting, not supporting extremism. In the Times, a Saudi Arabian prince, also a former ambassador to the United States is quoted saying that the nuclear agreement will cause regional havoc and that Saudi Arabia along with its Gulf allies is prepared to take military action against Iran without support from Washington. The Guardian covers comments by Syrian opposition groups, who believe that the nuclear deal strengthens the Assad regime, which is heavily backed by Iran. Meanwhile, the Financial Times reports a steady trickle of foreign energy groups already visiting Iran to tout for business.

The Independent says that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published its report reviewing arms export licenses to Israel, concluding that all criteria surrounding the sales were being met. The government said last year that it was reviewing 12 specific licenses in the wake of Operation Protective Edge.

The Independent online says that hundreds of Israelis have backed a social media campaign spearheaded by Yisrael Beitenu MK Sharon Gal, in support of his bill which would make it easier to impose the death sentence on terrorists. The proposed legislation has been rejected by the Knesset.

The Times, Daily Mail, Independent, Guardian, Daily Star and Daily Express all cover a skirmish between Egyptian forces and an ISIS affiliate in northern Sinai, which borders Israel, during which an Egyptian naval ship was struck by a missile. The incident has raised concerns that the ISIS-affiliated terror group has markedly increased the sophistication of its weaponry.

In the Israeli media, there is still plenty of consideration of the implications of the Iranian nuclear deal. Yediot Ahronot leads with an item predicting a surge of foreign investment in Iran, with senior European leaders already on their way to Tehran to lay the groundwork for increased engagement. Meanwhile, Maariv includes a poll assessing Israeli perceptions of the deal. It indicates that 78 per cent of Israelis believe that the agreement endangers the country. Meanwhile, the poll suggests that 47 per cent of Israelis believe that Israel should take military action against Iran if necessary. However, writing in Yediot Ahronot, Yossi Yehoshua says that a military strike would be extremely expensive and exceptionally complex.

Haaretz leads with the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recommend that the chief prosecutor re-open her investigation into the Mavi Mamara incident of 2010, in which ten Turkish citizens died after they attacked Israeli commandos who boarded their ship as it attempted to break a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. The ICC chief prosecutor had ruled that Israel had no case to answer, but the case could now be opened once more. Israel Radio news says that both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon sharply criticised the recommendation.