The Daily Mail via AP reports that an Arab Israeli motorist rammed a car into a policeman and two soldiers on Sunday, wounding all three in an attack in northern Israel. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said after a preliminary investigation that the incident in the city of Acre was deemed to be “nationalistic,” a term usually reserved for politically motivated attacks on Israelis by Palestinians. Security footage shows a speeding jeep streaking through a junction where a uniformed man is crossing, striking him and sending him flying into the air. In subsequent footage, the same jeep is seen crashing into another car.

The Daily Mail reports that an Australian man visiting Israel has confronted Jewish people in a controversial video which was posted online. The 94-second video was posted to video sharing site Live Leak. The video has heated moments throughout, including when the Australian man shouts in the face of an Israeli citizen after calling them “racists” and “animals”. The video gained a number of comments from Live Leak users, mostly in protest of the Australian man’s approach to a complicated issue.

The Daily Mail via AP reports that The Mississippi Legislature might authorise the state treasury to invest in Israeli bonds. The House passed Senate Bill 2051 Wednesday by a 118-2 vote. If enacted, the law would allow the state to use excess general funds to invest in bonds issued by Israel. The bill says these investments must be made in US currency and are capped at $20m.

The Guardian reports Saudi Arabia’s heir apparent, Mohammed bin Salman, has embarked on his first trip abroad, a three-country visit with stops in Cairo, London and New York that aims to press his credentials on a wary global stage. When he arrives in London on Wednesday, Prince Mohammed will be received as head-of-state-in-waiting, and will travel to Windsor Castle for a dinner with the Queen. As a senior member of Britain’s most important trading partner in the Middle East, he will also arrive with a twin agenda: as head of a lucrative trade mission, and as a leader looking for validation after a chequered debut year in foreign affairs.

The Financial Times reports that goodwill for refugees has run out in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon as they see a growing backlash against the 5.2m migrants they host. Aid groups warn that despite continued bloodshed in Syria, there is growing political pressure in host countries for them to return home. “There’s an anti-refugee backlash that has been steadily growing,” says Daniel Gorevan of the Norwegian Refugee Council. “There has been an increase in discussion about the return of refugees that doesn’t match what is happening on the ground in Syria.”

The Times reports on the first road race for women in Saudi Arabia, with the al-Ahsa “marathon” this week being regarded by many as a sign that competitive athletics might soon be opened up to women across the country.

The Independent reports that English Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn highlighted the Star of David among the symbols he believes breach soccer laws banning religious and political imagery. The Star of David, a symbol of Judaism, features on the Israeli flag which appears on national team kits and is displayed in stadiums. “We have re-written Law 4 of the game so that things like a poppy are OK,” Glenn said. “But things that are going to be highly divisive, and that could be strong religious symbols, it could be the Star of David, it could be the hammer and sickle, it could be a swastika, anything like (Zimbabwe’s former president) Robert Mugabe on your shirt, these are the things we don’t want.”

BBC News Online reports that an aid convoy carrying urgently needed humanitarian supplies is preparing to go into the rebel-held Syrian area of Eastern Ghouta. The 46 trucks will be the first to reach the besieged enclave since mid-February, despite a recent UN-backed ceasefire and short, daily truces ordered by Russia. More than 600 people have been killed in that period, many of them children. A World Health Organization official told Reuters that Syrian government officials had removed surgical supplies and trauma kits from the trucks before they had left warehouses. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on state television on Sunday that the offensive against “terrorism” should continue, and he dismissed dire assessments of the humanitarian situation in the enclave as ridiculous lies.

The Israeli media focuses on the coalition crisis and potential for early elections. According to the latest poll on Channel 10 news last night, if elections were held today, the Likud, led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would receive 29  seats, Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid 24, the Zionist Union 12, the Joint (Arab) List 12, Jewish Home 10, Meretz 8, Kulanu 7, Yisrael Beteinu 7, United Torah Judaism 6 and Shas 5. Reflecting on that poll, Yediot Ahronot says: “there is only one person in whose interest it is to hold elections now, and that man is Netanyahu, since if elections were held today, he would be the next prime minister.”  The paper concludes: “Netanyahu has shown more than once that when he wants something, he gets it. The cost is immaterial. The question is, what does he want? He too knows, perhaps better than everyone else, that today’s polls are not necessarily [the] election day’s results. He too knows that three, four months are an eternity and that perhaps, with his own hands, by calling early elections, he would be sealing his political fate.”  Maariv takes comment from the two senior ministers in Jewish Home, Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett, who argue the current political crisis over the ultra-Orthodox Conscription bill is staged, a “fake crisis” that could be resolved in 10 minutes. However, Haaretz sees both the ultra-Orthodox parties and Finance Minister Kahlon entrenched in their positions that could “exacerbate the threat to dissolve the government”.

Haaretz and Yediot Ahronot report on an Israeli-Arab fromShefaram who committed a car ramming terror attack yesterday in Acre.  According to the police, he deliberately ran over two soldiers near the city market, before proceeding toward the train station where his vehicle struck more victims. A wounded border policeman managed to shoot at the terrorist and according to initial reports, managed to neutralise him. The terrorist was evacuated to hospital in moderate to serious condition.

Israel Hayom and Haaretz report that Netanyahu met Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales yesterday in Washington. They quote Netanyahu telling him: “Thank you for everything you’re doing, for recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. I hope soon you will move your embassy to Jerusalem; we hope.” In response, Guatemalan President Morales replied, “It is an honour and it is the right thing to do.”  Yediot Ahronot further notes President Morales told the AIPAC conference that he will move his country’s embassy to Jerusalem two days after the US.

Ahead of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu later today, Israel Hayom suggests the Prime Minister will ask Trump to restrict Iran’s missile range and capacity. As part of “fixing” the nuclear deal with Iran, new sanctions and limitations should be placed on all Iranian missiles with a range of more than 180 miles, including the precision missiles Iran is providing Hezbollah.

Yediot Ahronot notes that so far, of the 2018 Israel Prize winners there is only one woman out of a total of 11 laureates. Yehudit Bronicki, who won the Israel Prize for Industry along with her husband Yehuda, is the only woman on the list. Last year, three of the nine winners were women. Two winners are yet to be announced.