The Independent and Reuters  both report that two sonic booms were heard over the Lebanese city of Sidon on Sunday. Residents and local news sources report that the booms broke windows and shook buildings. Eyewitnesses claim to have seen four Israeli jet’s flying low over the Sidon area.

The Telegraph and the Daily Mail both report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, Yair, posted an antisemitic cartoon on his personal Facebook page. The cartoon depicted conspiratorial and antisemitic imagery and seemed to allege that billionaire George Soros, who is Jewish, was directing lizard people, the Illuminati and a global Jewish conspiracy that includes former Prime Minister Ehud Barak against Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Daily Mail reports the debate about the expansion of a settlement in East Jerusalem. The Nof Zion settlement is located within the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber. Jerusalem’s City Council deferred its decision on the granting of construction permits by three days on Sunday. The Council declined to give a reason for the deferment but it has been claimed it is due to a scheduling issue concerning a lawyer for opponents of the scheme. If building permits for the expansion are approved then 176 housing units will be added to the 91 that are already in place.

BBC News Online reports comments by the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani, who said that the region will draw the borders of a future Kurdish state if Baghdad does not accept a vote for independence in a referendum due later this month. The Iraqi government in Baghdad has denounced the referendum as unconstitutional and may reject a pro-independence result. To complicate matters further, Barzani also warned that the Kurds would fight any group that attempted to alter the “reality” of the situation in Kirkuk by force. While the oil-rich city of Kirkuk is claimed as part of the territory directly administered by the central Iraqi government, Kurdish forces captured that city as part of their offensive against ISIS. The Kurds now claim Kirkuk and the region around it as part of their self-governing republic within Iraq. If the referendum returns a pro-independence vote, the Kurds would seek to absorb Kirkuk into Kurdistan. This is an outcome that could potentially be violently contested by the Shi’a dominated central government, and several Shi’a militia have already stated they will use force to keep Kirkuk as part of Iraq.

All the Israeli media lead on hurricane Irma in the US. Yediot Ahronot declares “Miami underwater” whilst Maariv note the US is “at the storm’s mercy”.  Haaretz focus on the human cost, as 2m people are left without electricity in Florida.  Israel Hayom frames the confrontation as “USA v the wind”.

Kan Radio news reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu departed for a visit to Latin America and the United States yesterday. He will visit Argentina first, then Colombia and Mexico. From there he will go to New York to attend the UN General Assembly and meet US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu told reporters before he took off from Ben-Gurion Airport that he was making an historic visit, the first time that an incumbent Prime Minister has visited South and Central America.

Maariv reports the briefing to the cabinet yesterday by Nadav Argaman, head of the Shin Bet. The central themes of the briefing are that Israel has foiled some 200 terror attacks since the beginning of 2017; Hamas is establishing a stronghold in Lebanon; and Hamas in Gaza is already prepared for another round of fighting against Israel.

Yediot Ahronot report Minister Yuval Steinitz is expected to be questioned in case 3,000, regarding the procurement of navy vessels. Yesterday, two more associates (as yet unnamed) were brought in for questioning by the fraud squad. One of them a businessman with close ties to the minister, and a second was another former adviser from his time in the treasury in 2011.

Maariv continues to examine the case against the Prime Minister’s wife Sara Netanyahu. The Attorney General dismissed the file regarding the illegal hiring of an electrician, Avi Fahima, to work in their private home in Caesarea. However, the paper claims despite Sara Netanyahu being explained the correct protocol when her husband was elected in 2009, she nevertheless insisted on employing Fahima. Israel Hayom compares how much former Prime Minister’s Olmert and Sharon spent on meals.

Yediot Ahronot report on the meme with antisemitic overtones posted by the Netanyahu’s son Yair on Facebook.  The meme, that has now been deleted, depicted a chain of command inlcuding George Soros, a giant lizard, an Illuminati fugure, Ehud Barak, Eldad Yaniv and Meni Naftali. The message was shared by KKK leader David Duke and has now featured prominently in the Daily Stormer in a post which read “Netanyahu’s son posts awesome meme blaming the Jews for bringing down his Jew father,” before adding approvingly that “Yair Netanyahu is a total bro”.