The Guardian online covers the mood of reflection in Israel as the country marks the 20th anniversary of the assassination of former-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was shot dead by a right-wing Jewish extremist at the conclusion of a peace rally in Tel Aviv in 1995. Rabin had negotiated the Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians and subsequently been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The article says that many Israelis are asking what might have been had Rabin lived and using the anniversary as an opportunity to emphasise the importance of tolerance.

Writing in the Guardian, Israeli author David Grossman laments Israel’s current security and diplomatic reality, saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leading the country “with eyes wide shut.” Instead, Grossman calls for “other possibilities” other than a future based on fears. He says that cooperation with the likes of Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia against jihadism is possible and calls for a shift in the relationship with the Palestinians including restarting negotiations on a long-term peace deal.

The Telegraph online reports that Palestinian parents in the Gaza Strip have named their new-born son “Knife of Jerusalem” in support of the wave of violent terror attacks, mainly stabbings, which have killed eleven Israelis since 1 October. The child’s father told local television that it was “the least I could do” to show solidarity.

The Times and Independent i both report that 343 UK university lecturers have declared their intention to boycott Israeli universities (although not individual academics), over Israeli treatment of the Palestinians. The Independent i though quotes Ronnie Fraser of the Academic Friends of Israel, who notes that the signatories account for less than one quarter of one per cent of UK academics.

The Times online reports that a United Nations agency has said that an estimated 120,000 Syrians have fled their homes in the northern provinces of Aleppo, Idlib and Hama since Russia began launching air strikes in the region on 5 October. Meanwhile, the Telegraph online says that ISIS has destroyed the iconic Roman-era columns in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra, exploding them in a gruesome execution which also killed three prisoners.

In the Israeli media, Haaretz, Maariv and Israel Hayom all lead with the continued power outages in the central cities of Ra’anana and Kfar Saba, which have seen around 8,000 local residents endure a second night without power following a heavy storm on Sunday. There is widespread incredulity that the national power company has failed to rectify the situation and Israel Radio news reports that the mayors of the two cities have demanded a state commission of enquiry into the Israel Electric Corporation.

Israel Hayom prominently reports another stabbing attack yesterday in Hebron, which saw a soldier seriously injured. The soldier was stabbed in the neck but was still able to open fire and kill his assailant. Meanwhile, another Palestinian knife attacker was killed in Hebron yesterday afternoon after he attempted to stab security personnel.

Meanwhile, the Temple Mount also remains in the headlines. Maariv reports that Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely was forced to back down over comments she made to the Knesset Channel in which she said that the Israeli flag should be raised over the site. Hotovely was reprimanded by the Prime Minister’s Office, which reiterated that Israel has no intention of altering the status quo at the holy site and asked all ministers to act accordingly. Hotovely later clarified that her comments were her own personal views, not those of the government. Writing in Maariv, Ben Caspit lays responsibility on Netanyahu, commenting that “The person who appointed her [Hotovely] is to blame.”