The Independent and the online edition of the Telegraph cover the approval given by Israel’s security cabinet to hold Jewish terrorists without trial for an indefinite period, in order to help security services apprehend and convict those responsible for such crimes. The policy of administrative detention has been applied previously to Palestinian terrorists. However, Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum have unequivocally termed last week’s deadly attacks at the Jerusalem gay pride parade and in a Palestinian village as terrorism and called for appropriate measures to be applied. The Telegraph says that Israeli police are investigating online threats made against President Reuven Rivlin after he spoke out forcefully against the attacks.

The Guardian online and the Independent both report that Israeli police yesterday arrested a well-known Jewish extremist activist, Meir Ettinger in what appeared to be part of a crackdown on those thought to encourage hate-crimes.

The Daily Express reports that the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has come under fire for producing materials which promote an “extremist agenda” by teaching not only about the difficulties facing some Palestinian children, but also the importance of Palestinian “resistance.” The article includes sharp criticism of the NUT from two Conservative MPs, while an editorial accuses the NUT of promoting “anti-Semitic propaganda.”

The Independent i says that the National Library of Israel is placing online a copy of the Gaster Bible, one of the oldest surviving Hebrew Bibles in the world, as part of a project spearheaded by the British Library.

The online editions of the Guardian, Telegraph and Times all report that at least 30 people were killed in the Syrian town of Ariha yesterday when a Syrian government jet crashed into the local market. An analysis in the Guardian suggests that given the stalemate in fighting, Syria is likely to be divided with the Assad regime possibly losing control of the cities of Deraa and Aleppo. The online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph cover a report by independent journalists, which says that at least 450 civilians have been killed due to the US-led air campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

The Financial Times online reports that Gulf states hosting a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry have given cautious backing to the nuclear deal agreed last month between Iran and the P5+1 countries (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). Writing in the Times, Michael Burleigh contends that Saudi Arabia, not Iran is the main threat to the West as the country foments extremism.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot and Maariv lead on a firebomb attack yesterday evening on an Israeli vehicle in north Jerusalem, which injured three people, including one moderately. Meanwhile, Israel Radio news says that four firebombs were thrown at Israeli vehicles in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank yesterday, but did not cause any damage or injuries. The attacks come amid heightened tension in Jerusalem and the West Bank following last week’s deadly arson attack on a Palestinian home in the West Bank.

In the wake of last week’s events, the top story in Israel Hayom, which is also covered prominently in Maariv is the arrest yesterday of Meir Ettinger, who is thought to be an extremist ringleader. Ettinger is also the grandson of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, whose movement was outlawed in Israel as an illegal racist organisation during the 1980s. Writing in Israel Hayom, Yoav Limor says that Ettinger’s arrest “demonstrates that the security-legal establishment has decided to drop the kid gloves.”

Israel Radio news reports that Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon has said in advance of a cabinet meeting tomorrow, that his proposed 2015-16 budget will include a significant increase in both the education and transport budgets.