The Telegraph reports that convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, who has been imprisoned since 1985, will be released on parole tomorrow. Pollard was a civilian intelligence analyst for the US Navy when he was recruited by Israeli agents in the 1980s. Although the conditions of Pollard’s parole will mean that he must remain in the United States for five years following his release, he has reportedly suggested that he renounce his American citizenship in order to move to Israel.

The Times, Telegraph and Guardian all cover a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which says that Iran has begun dismantling centrifuges at the Natanz and Fordo nuclear facilities, in accordance with the long-term nuclear accord agreed with the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) in July. However, the Guardian notes that although 4,500 centrifuges have reportedly been taken off line, the agreement mandates that several thousand more must be removed and that work on plutonium enrichment at Arak must also be stopped.

The online editions of the Guardian and Times both say that the Foreign Office has begun briefing both Conservative and Labour MPs over plans for military action in Syria against ISIS. Downing Street reportedly believes that it has the votes to carry a motion in parliament which would approve such a move. Meanwhile, the Guardian online reports that France’s President Francois Hollande will ask US President Barack Obama for greater urgency in tackling ISIS at a meeting next week. In Syria itself, the online editions of the Times and Telegraph say that ISIS is busily digging defences around the stronghold of Raqqa in preparation for a possible ground offensive by Kurdish and US-trained forces.

In the Israeli media, the focus remains international terror and in particular the threat of ISIS. Maariv and Israel Hayom focus on the French operation yesterday in Paris against a terror cell, while Yediot Ahronot highlights the ISIS claim that it downed a Russian passenger plane over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula using an explosive in a soft drink can. Meanwhile, Israel Radio news says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday spoke with France’s President Hollande by telephone to express solidarity and emphasised that terror is an international problem. The two leaders are expected to meet next week on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Maariv highlights an announcement yesterday by the Shin Bet internal security agency, that six Israeli Arab men from Jaljuliya were arrested and charged for planning to travel to Syria in order to join ISIS. The investigation was prompted by a case last month in which a Jaljuliya resident para-glided into Syria to join ISIS. Two men who assisted him and four others were found to be part of a cell, who all intended to fight for ISIS.

In this morning’s news on Israel Radio, it is reported that the 2015 and 2016 state budget was approved in the early hours by the Knesset. In a session which lasted more than twelve hours, the Knesset finally voted in favour by 61 votes to 59, following exactly the lines of the government’s thin majority. Failure to approve the budget would have prompted a general election.