The Times, Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, Independent i, Metro, Evening Standard and Sun all cover the imprisonment yesterday of former-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert who became the country’s first head of government to serve prison time. He began a 19-month custodial sentence, having been found guilty of bribery and obstruction of justice.

The Financial Times says that Israel’s Supreme Court is challenging a government decision to circumvent the Knesset over the deal with investors in the natural gas industry. Critics have said that the agreement is too favourable towards corporate interests, effectively under-selling a national resource. The court has challenged the government on a “stability” clause which would guarantee investors that there would be no regulatory changes for a decade, a move justices say requires Knesset approval, which it is unlikely to receive.

The Telegraph and the online edition of the Independent both report that an Israeli policeman was filmed on camera tipping a Palestinian protestor out of his wheelchair in Hebron, following an attempted stabbing by a teenage Palestinian girl. Israel’s police are launching an investigation.

The Financial Times and Daily Mail both report that the government is set to announce new guidelines which would prohibit local councils and other public bodies from boycotting produce from specific countries, including Israel, as such actions “undermine good community relations.” The measures will be announced by Cabinet Office Minister Matt Hancock, who is visiting Israel this week. The Guardian includes a cartoon critical of the measure.

Writing in the Independent and Independent i, Daniella Peled says that such restrictions are “heavy-handed” and that there is “no legislative solution to boycotting.” However, in the Evening Standard, Sam Leith argues that local bodies should not be making “political decisions about the allocation of public funds” and stresses that it is “not the job of an NHS trust to have a foreign policy.”

The Times online says that Turkey’s Prime Minister has threatened an “extremely decisive response” if Russia continues air strikes in Syria, which are helping Kurdish forces battling Syrian rebel groups. The Financial Times calls it a “new peak” in Turkey-Russia tensions. The online editions of the Telegraph and Financial Times report that Russian air strikes have destroyed a number of hospitals, killing scores of civilians. According to the Independent online, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the establishment of a no-fly zone.

In the Israeli media, the top item in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom is the imprisonment of former-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who began his custodial sentence yesterday. All three dailies lead with the same front-page headline, “Prisoner Number 9032478.” Hours before his incarceration, Olmert released a video in which he said that he respects the sentence as no man is above the law in Israel, but again denied that he was guilty of corruption.

The lead story in Haaretz, which is also a major item in Yediot Ahronot and Maariv is a speech yesterday by President Reuven Rivlin in which he criticised a legislative bill being spearheaded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which would allow Knesset members to suspend fellow MKs by a special majority if their conduct is deemed unacceptable. The initiative came in the wake of a visit by three Arab MKs to the families of terrorists killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis, which sparked outrage from fellow parliamentarians across the political spectrum. However, Rivlin said that the bill “belies the essence of the Knesset, which is the representative of the sovereign and not the sovereign itself.” Reports this morning indicate that the relevant Knesset committee chairman has cancelled a planned discussion of the controversial bill.

Israel Radio news covers a joint meeting of members of the Israeli and German cabinets in Berlin today. It is the sixth such meeting in recent years and Prime Minister Netanyahu will also use the opportunity to meet individually with Germany’s Chancellor Merkel. Meanwhile, ministers are expected to sign a number of agreements with their counterparts to boost bilateral relations.