The Telegraph reports that the Palestinian Olympic Committee has accused Israel of denying access to official uniforms and other items, by holding them in customs ahead of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. However, the article notes that Israel “typically closely screens Palestinian products for security reasons”.

The Financial Times online says that Israel’s cabinet has agreed to relax visa requirements for thousands of foreign high-tech workers, to encourage them to work in Israel. Although Israel is dubbed the ‘start-up nation,’ there is apparently a dwindling pool of available local talent for Israeli companies, especially as global giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple operate large research and development centres in Israel.

The Independent reports that the IDF has banned soldiers from playing Pokemon Go, fearing that the requirements to disclose location and use a phone camera could expose the positions and images of Israeli army bases.

City AM reports that a Chinese consortium has purchased the Israeli games business Caesars Interactive for £3.3bn.

The Guardian online reports that a Russian military helicopter was shot down yesterday by rebel forces near the Syrian city of Aleppo, where a crucial battle is unfolding which could significantly impact the direction of Syria’s civil war. Five Russian servicemen were killed. Meanwhile, the Independent says that at least 28 civilians died after rebel shelling of the government-controlled part of the city. Writing in the Times, Tom Coghlan says that the fate of Aleppo is at a “critical moment” and that defeat would see the opposition “become largely an insurgent movement of the countryside”.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Israel Hayom, Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Haaretz continues to be the spat between Likud and Jewish Home over delays in establishing the new public broadcasting corporation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also the communications minister, has looked to delay the launch for at least another year, claiming the new corporation is unprepared. The corporation itself denied that this is the case, leading to allegations especially from Jewish Home leaders that Netanyahu is attempting to exert control over the media. Israel Hayom and Haaretz highlight some of the vitriolic accusations between the two parties, while Maariv and Yediot Ahronot spotlight Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s comment that the government needs “either a vacation or hospitalisation”.

Meanwhile, Maariv also focuses on comments made by opposition leader, Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog, who rejected the possibility of joining Netanyahu’s coalition, saying “this chapter is completely behind me”. During a briefing with political reporters on Sunday, Netanyahu said that the door is still open to expand his government and that the foreign affairs portfolio is vacant for this purpose. Herzog said that joining the coalition is “unfeasible”.

Israel Radio news says that the Knesset last night passed a law which will end the requirement of ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools to teach core secular subjects such as maths and English as a requirement for receiving public funding. The Education Minister, Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett, will instead be tasked with making such budgetary decisions. The vote was passed by 41 MKs in favour and 28 against.