The Guardian reports that Israel’s government yesterday approved an extra portion of funding, worth around £12.5 million, to Israeli communities in the West Bank. The money has been earmarked specifically for security, tourism, sports and cultural facilities, rather than housing within these communities. However, the article says that senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official Saeb Erekat has termed the funding decision a “slap in the face” for the international community.

The Telegraph and the online edition of the Guardian both report that Iran is in negotiations with Boeing to purchase 100 aircraft. Such a deal would be the first major agreement by an American company to do business in Iran since last year’s nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). However, a Boeing official is quoted in the article saying that a deal with Iran is subject to US government approval.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot and Maariv both lead with the fallout from the ongoing military trial of Elor Azaria, the soldier accused of unlawfully killing a Palestinian terrorist, who had been incapacitated by troops after attempting to stab soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron. Last week, Azaria’s company commander gave evidence at the trial and said that Azaria told him, “The terrorist must die.” The commander has since then been subject to a degree of abuse via social media. Yediot Ahronot says that IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot spoke to the commander to offer his support, while Maariv says that Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman expressed his opposition to such insulting behaviour. Commenting in Yediot Ahronot, military affairs correspondent Yossi Yehoshua asks: “What exactly do all those people who have posted curses online want—‎for the decorated commander of the company to lie on the witness stand only because they don’‎t like the truth?”

In Maariv, Ben Caspit reports that former-Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon met with prominent businessmen who used to be associated with former-Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. Caspit says that it is an indication that Ya’alon, who resigned from his position following disagreements with Benjamin Netanyahu, is courting support from the centre-left as well as the centre-right. Ya’alon announced last week that he intends to run for prime minister in the next election. Caspit says that Ya’alon will focus on “values, humility, real Zionism, a security orientation, and striving for peace within the limits of the partner” in a bid to attract support from those “who long for the image of the old Israel and a return to its fundamental values”.

Israel Radio news says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet next week with US Secretary of State John Kerry in an unnamed European capital. The report says that not only will the meeting come against the backdrop of a French-spearheaded multi-lateral peace initiative, which is likely to receive support from European foreign ministers today, but that a report by the Quartet is also likely to be published in the coming days, which is expected to be critical of Israel.