The Telegraph covers a report by the Overseas Development Network, which argues that the £156.4 million given by the Department for International Development (DfID) to the Palestinian Authority (PA) for its civil servants, makes it “more likely” that acts of terror will be committed. The report argues that the funding, which is supposed to aid Palestinian state building, is actually a ‘safety net’ for public servants considering undertaking acts of violence. The report quotes Conservative MP Eric Pickles and Labour MP Joan Ryan, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, who both condemn the misuse of DfID funding.

Meanwhile, in Syria, the Times online says that air strikes in Idlib have killed at least 25 people, including 5 children, accusing the Assad regime of carrying out the attacks. However, the Independent online reports the same raids, but suggests that they were carried out by the Russian air force, which is continuing to operate in support of Assad.

In Beirut, the Independent online says that a large bomb exploded in the Lebanese capital, destroying several cars and damaging a building. However, it is unclear what the target of the attack was or indeed who perpetrated the bombing.

The Independent online also reports that a senior Iranian cleric has called for a crackdown on what he terms the “improper veiling” of Iranian women, which he claims is responsible for rivers in the country drying up.

In the Israeli media, all dailies are fully focused on the terror shooting yesterday in Orlando, Florida, in which at least 50 people were killed by an Islamist terrorist in a gay nightclub. The gunman is said to have pledged allegiance to ISIS in a call to emergency services before the attack. The attack is the top story in Maariv, Haaretz, Israel Hayom and Yediot Ahronot, which devotes its first twelve pages to the shooting. Writing in Maariv, Yossi Melman emphasises similarities between the Orlando shooting and recent attacks in Tel Aviv, Paris and Brussels. He says: “All of those terror attacks have similar features. Young disaffected Muslim men who live on the fringes of society and have a hard time functioning in Western society with its permissive values, men who undergo religious radicalisation and decide to take action, knowing full well that that is going to cost them their lives.”

Israel Radio news reports that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s President Reuven Rivlin both sent messages of condolence and solidarity in the wake of the attack.

Maariv highlights controversy surrounding an op-ed in Haaretz on Friday by Uri Misgav, in which he condemned Supreme Court justices Elyakim Rubinstein and Noam Sohlberg for a recent ruling. In the piece, Misgav described Judge Sohlberg as “taking an active part in a national criminal act. He is partner to the crime. He, by definition, is a criminal,” due to the fact that he lives in the West Bank community of Alon Shvut. Situated in the Etzion Bloc south of Jerusalem, it is an area which most assume will remain under Israeli sovereignty under any future peace deal. Misgav’s op-ed was sharply criticised by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked.

Meanwhile, Israel Radio news says that the two-day closure preventing Palestinians from travelling from the West Bank to Israel was lifted yesterday, following the end of the Shavuot holiday. Israel Radio also reports that two people were lightly injured when an Israeli public bus was pelted with stones last night in East Jerusalem.