The Times includes a letter from Israel’s Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev in response to a recent article on how the government should tackle next year’s centenary anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. The seminal 1917 document enshrined British support for a Jewish national home in the land of Israel. Regev notes that Israel upholds the document’s stipulation to protect the “civil and religious rights” of the local Arab population. He also emphasises Israel’s ongoing commitment to a two-state solution and the immediate resumption of peace talks without preconditions.

City AM says that the Israeli company SodaStream has seen its revenue climb in recent months, after repositioning its brand away from sugary drinks and focusing on healthier sparkling water.

The Times includes an article on cybersecurity companies and their growing importance in the corporate world. It features Ronni Zehavi, a director of Israeli venture firm Team 8, which is developing a portfolio of cybersecurity start-ups. The company is also directed by a former-head of the IDF cyber unit.

The Guardian online reports that Virgin Megastore in Lebanon has apologised after a social media campaign to salute Lebanon’s armed forces, erroneously featured a picture of an Israeli soldier.

The Times and i cover comments made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who bemoaned the “futility of negotiation with the Americans” in the wake of last year’s nuclear deal, which he said has yet to really benefit Iranians. He described the US as untrustworthy.

The Financial Times online says that Egypt’s Coptic Christian community is growing increasingly critical of the government’s failure to crack down on violence against them, despite pledges to do so from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

In Syria, the Independent and online editions of The Guardian and Telegraph report that at least two dozen civilians have been injured after an apparent chemical attack on an opposition-held town in Idlib province. They also note that a 22-year-old British man from Reading has been killed fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria against ISIS.

In the Israeli media, Maariv reports that the public spat over the last several days between Likud and Jewish Home leaders is over. The two parties accused each other of betrayal over plans to delay the launch of a new public broadcasting corporation. Jewish Home leaders had alleged that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party were seeking to undermine press freedom, while Likud charged Jewish Home with serving the interests of the left-leaning media. However, Jewish Home’s Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is quoted saying that “the coalition in its current format can survive until the end of the term and make it through the 2019 budget despite the recent crises”.

Yediot Ahronot prominently covers a video clip, which it says “embarrassed Israel”. A cameraman from the Israeli human rights NGO B’tselem caught an incident on camera in the West Bank city of Hebron, in which a border policeman tossed away the bicycle of an eight-year-old Palestinian girl after she rode onto a street closed off to Palestinian residents. According to Haaretz the mother said the girl was traumatised and the bicycle was eventually returned. The report says that the border policeman will be suspended from operational duties immediately.

Israel Radio news reports that the Knesset last night approved a bill to introduce a two-year framework for the 2017-18 national budget. Fifty MKs supported the new law, 44 voted against. Supporters of the new legislation say that extending the budget from a single year to two years will make long-term planning easier.