In the UK and international papers today, all media outlets continue to report on developments in Libya and other anti-government protests taking place in the Middle East and Gulf States. Several papers note that the UN suspended Libya from the Human Rights Council. The Scotsman and the Financial Times report that Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh accused the US and Israel of being behind the anti-government protests. The Daily Telegraph and BBC Online note that police in Iran clashed with protesters and used teargas to disperse crowds in the streets of Tehran and demonstrators called for the release of jailed opposition leaders. Sky News notes that Oman is the latest Arab state to be affected by protests and popular unrest.

In the Israeli press, Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan to establish immediately a Palestinian state with temporary borders as part of an interim agreement with the Palestinian Authority. Haaretz notes that US President Barak Obama addressed a group of Jewish leaders yesterday and said that the US support for Israel’s security is unshakable. The paper also reports that PM Netanyahu decided not to send an envoy to the meeting with the Quartet in Brussels, and instead Quartet representatives will travel to Israel next week to meet with Israeli officials. All papers report that a new anti-missile defence system for tanks was successfully tested in the battle field for the first time yesterday. Haaretz notes that PM Netanyahu said yesterday the same pressure the international community is placing on Libya at the moment, should also be applied towards Iran. Ynetnews notes that Iranian security forces clashed with anti-government protesters yesterday in Tehran. The protesters were demanding the release of two opposition leaders. The Jerusalem Post reports that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tuesday that Iran was aggressively trying to take advantage of the domestic upheavals across the Arab world.