The Independent, Financial Times, Reuters and Sky News Online have reports today on planned protests in Saudi Arabia. Jewish News has an interview with Prime Minister David Cameron. The paper also notes anger among some UK Jews at the decision to upgrade the status of the Palestinian delegation in Britain, and has a piece on the views of London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone on Islamist cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi. The Guardian notes a dispute between settlers and Palestinian residents in a neighbourhood on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives. The paper also notes plans for a museum of Arab art and culture in Israel. The Daily Telegraph and Metro-London note the reported abduction of a Gaza Palestinian, allegedly by Israelis, in Ukraine. The Scotsman notes the capture by British forces of a consignment of Iranian rockets on their way to the Taliban in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. The Jewish Chronicle asks if more information exists regarding links between British universities and the Gadaffi regime in Libya. The paper also notes a decision by the Israeli authorities to allow refugee pupils featured in a recent award winning documentary to stay in the country. BBC Online and the Evening Standard note a statement by Cameron that Iran will ‘not be missed’ if it chooses not to attend the 2012 Olympic Games. BBC Online also reports the theft of a Rodin sculpture from a museum in Israel.  The Spectator runs a piece critical of British policy toward the Middle East and Israel.  The Daily Telegraph praises Foreign Secretary William Hague for ending what the writer calls the ‘naked partisanship’ toward Israel of the Blair years. 

In the Israeli media, Haaretz notes plans by France and the UK to urge the EU to support the rebellion in Libya. The paper has additional pieces on the alleged abduction of a Palestinian in Gaza (along with Maariv and Ynetnews), and plans by Hamas to resume operations in the West Bank. The Jerusalem Post notes a statement by Regional Development Minister Silvan Shalom predicting the fall of the regimes in Iran and Syria. The paper also reports on planned protests in the Gulf today, and quotes a former senior Israeli official who calls on the US to support regime change and protests in Iran, and to increase sanctions. Ynetnews notes PM Cameron’s statement that Iran will not be missed if it chooses not to attend the Olympics. Ynetnews has an additional article noting that Defence Minister Ehud Barak’s spouse is to be charged with employing an illegal immigrant.