The i covers the new ten-year military aid package signed on Wednesday between United States and Israel worth almost £29bn. Talks over the agreement, described as the largest military aid package ever agreed by Washington, have been protracted. The report notes that US financial support for Israel’s missile defence system is included in the deal, and will no longer be subject to additional Congressionally-mandated sums, as has previously been the case.

The Independent says that Israel’s Education Ministry has suggested the introduction of matchmaking counsellors in religious high schools.

The i reports that footage has emerged of a recent incident in which a Dutch MP refused to shake the hand of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an official visit to Holland earlier this month.

The Daily Express says that International Development Minister Priti Patel has agreed to “take a closer look” at money spent in the Middle East, after former Cabinet Minister Sir Eric Pickles raised concerns over such funds aiding Palestinian terror.

The Guardian online reports that the University of California, Berkeley has suspended a course on Palestine “through the lens of settler colonialism” following complaints that it is “anti-Israel and anti-Semitic”.

The Telegraph, Sun, Daily Mirror and i all cover the upcoming bar mitzvah of the world’s oldest man, Yisrael Kristal, who lives in Haifa, Israel. Kristal did not have a bar mitzvah aged thirteen, due to the disruption of the First World War. He was subsequently an inmate at Auschwitz where his wife and children perished.

City AM, the Telegraph and Evening Standard all report that UK oil producer Enquest has seen shares slump following the collapse of talks to sell 20 per cent of a North Sea development to Israeli conglomerate Delek.

Meanwhile, in Syria, the Guardian online says that Russia has accused the United States of covering up opposition violations of the current ceasefire. However, the Financial Times online reports that the United Nations is continuing to accuse the Assad regime of obstructing the delivery of aid to stricken communities.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot and Maariv both lead with sharp public criticism by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday, levelled at current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Barak wrote in the Washington Post and then conducted extensive interviews in the Israeli media, saying that the military aid package agreed this week with the United States could have been larger, had it not been for Netanyahu’s “reckless conduct” which “causes major damage to the country”.

Israel Hayom leads with the swift response from Netanyahu’s Likud Party, which called Barak “pathetic” and accused him of such criticism purely as preparation for a political comeback. Writing in Yediot Ahronot, Sima Kadmon expresses frustration with Barak, saying: “If you think that the government in which you served as defence minister is unsuccessful… if you think he [Netanyahu] should vacate his seat in favour of someone better —‎ such as yourself — ‎take action.” Barak served as Netanyahu’s defence minister from 2009 until 2013.

Israel Radio news covers Palestinian reports which claim that a Palestinian man was shot and killed yesterday by IDF forces near Hebron in the West Bank. The IDF said that a wanted man had been arrested and that another had been shot as he attempted to escape. The army said that it is examining the incident.

Haaretz, YNet and Israel Radio all cover comments made by United Nations’ (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who condemned Prime Minister Netanyahu’s statement earlier this week, in which he said that Palestinian wishes to dismantle all Israeli West Bank communities is tantamount to “ethnic cleansing”. Ban called the comment “outrageous”.