The Times, the Independent, and the online edition of the Guardian, all report that a restaurant in the Israeli town of Abu Ghosh, famous for its hummus, has been sharply criticised by Israeli tourism officials after it charged a group of eight Chinese tourists £3,280 for a meal.

The Guardian reports that the British composer and producer Brian Eno has refused permission for the Israeli Batsheva Dance Company to use one of his pieces during a performance in Italy. Eno, who is a supporter of efforts to boycott Israel, said that his objection centres on the partial sponsorship of the event by the Israeli embassy.

The Guardian online includes a feature on commercial fish farmers in the Gaza Strip, who are attempting to develop an independent industry free from reliance on Israeli suppliers.

The online editions of the Telegraph and Financial Times cover talks among Syrian opposition groups over plans for democratic change should President Assad be ousted. Their plan envisages an interim administration prior to elections. The Telegraph online quotes Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who said that the Syrian civil war “shames humanity”. Meanwhile, the Guardian online reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry is planning to meet Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva within the coming two days to discuss a potential Syria ceasefire.

The i says that the Obama Administration has admitted to making a payment of £1.3bn to Iran earlier this year. However, officials said that it was simply an amount due to Iran following the ruling of an international arbitration court and had nothing to do with Iran’s release of four American servicemen during the same period.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom is the arrest of Miriam Feirberg, the Mayor of the coastal city of Netanya. She is accused of large scale bribery involving construction projects in the city. Feirberg denies any illegal activity, but her remand has been extended for six days.

Another major item in Yediot Ahronot, Israel Hayom and Maariv is a Channel One report which says that new research shows Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas was a KGB agent. Researchers from the Truman Institute have studied newly released documents from the archive of Vasili Mitrokhin, a Soviet defector. The documents apparently show that Abbas was considered a reliable source of information for the Soviet Union in 1983 and may have continued as an agent before and after. Israel Radio news quotes several senior Palestinian officials, including Saeb Erekat, who called the report an Israeli smear designed to undermine Abbas.

Maariv reports on the fallout from this week’s poll, which indicated that for the first time since last year’s general election Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid has overtaken Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud as the country’s most popular party. Likud Minister Yariv Levin is quoted calling the poll a reflection of a “momentary mood”. Meanwhile, Yesh Atid MK Meir Cohen said that it shows “the public believes in our hard work” and that “Lapid and Yesh Atid are the alternative to Netanyahu”.

Israel Hayom prominently previews the Israeli team’s chances at the Paralympics, which opened in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. The Israeli team is considered to have a very good chance of winning more medals than the two bronze medals secured by the country’s Olympics team.