The Financial Times, Independent, Guardian and Independent i all cover the announcement yesterday of a decision by Israel’s security cabinet to outlaw the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, over the organisation’s incitement to violence and links to terror groups including Hamas. The Financial Times says that Arab politicians in Israel have accused the government of using the terror attacks in Paris as political cover for the ban. The Independent also mentions that plans for new construction in East Jerusalem have taken a step forward.

The Guardian online reports that Moscow has for the first time concluded that the Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing more than 200 people, was downed by an explosive. ISIS claims that it was responsible for the crash. The online editions of the Times, Telegraph and Financial Times all cover a subsequent intensifying of Russian air strikes on ISIS positions in Syria, including cruise missiles aimed at the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa.

The Guardian, Financial Times and Telegraph all report Prime Minister David Cameron’s call in front of MPs for the UK to extend air strikes against ISIS to Syria. Such a move would likely require prior parliamentary approval.

The Guardian online covers comments made by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who has said that the transition of power in Syria could be just weeks away from implementation after global and regional powers agreed to an overall timetable for the process at a summit in Vienna. However, the article notes that the future of President Assad remains unclear.

Writing in the Times, Roger Boyes says that ISIS can be defeated, but only if the West and in particular the United States becomes more decisively involved in Syria. Meanwhile, in the Independent, Kim Sengupta says that Iran is keen to be part of French President Hollande’s coalition tackling ISIS, in order to bolster its international standing.

In the Israeli media, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom all lead with the announcement yesterday that the northern branch of the Islamic Movement is to be banned. Commenting in Maariv, Ben Caspit calls the decision a “courageous and justified course of action.” However, Alon Ben-David also writes in Maariv that outlawing the northern branch reflects a “misunderstanding of the streams in Arab Israeli society and very little thought and judiciousness.”

Yediot Ahronot includes a story which claims that Israel is mulling steps that it can take against European countries which support the European Union’s separate consumer labelling of West Bank goods. Measures being considered reportedly include restricting meetings between European and Israeli officials. However, an anonymous Israeli official is quoted saying that “It would be foolish to take steps that we will also suffer from.”

Israel Radio news says that a clash took place in the West Bank yesterday, which saw Palestinians open fire on an IDF patrol, which returned fire and killed one of the assailants. Israel Radio also says that Israel’s Air Force struck two strategic Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight after a rocket was fired at Israel.

Meanwhile, Israel Hayom highlights that a marathon Knesset session is expected today in order to vote on the state budget, which must be approved by 20 November or else a general election will be called.