The Times and the Daily Mail report that ex-MP George Galloway announced yesterday that he would sue the founder of Momentum after he was accused of antisemitism. The former leader of the Respect Party, 63, said that he had instructed solicitors to launch a defamation case against Jon Lansman, a newly elected member of Labour’s National Executive Committee. Lansman tweeted his “solidarity” with comedian David Baddiel, who Galloway called a “vile Israel-fanatic”. Lansman Tweeted that: “Since [Baddiel’s] a Jew who’s talked about being non-Zionist, there’s no possible reason to call him a “vile Israel-fanatic” other than antisemitism. There clearly should be no place for @georgegalloway in @UKLabour or in the employment of @talkRADIO.” Galloway later wrote: “I was wrong to tweet that David Baddiel was an ‘Israel fanatic’, he is not and I have deleted it. I should have said that David Baddiel routinely slanders Israel critics like me as ‘antisemites’.”

The Daily Mail via AFP reports that a newly-built part of the separation barrier, which stretches along the road next to the Beit El settlement, has left 25 members of the Jumaa family on the opposite side to the rest of the Palestinian town of El-Bireh.

The Daily Mail via AP reports that on Tuesday a federal judge temporarily blocked a Kansas law barring state contractors from participating in boycotts against Israel, saying the state law violates their free speech rights. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree wrote in his decision that the U.S. Supreme Court has held that the “First Amendment protects the right to participate in a boycott like the one punished by the Kansas law.”

The Daily Mail via AFP reports that the trial of Ahed Tamimi, the girl charged after the posting of a video showing her slapping Israel Defence Force (IDF) personnel, has been moved to 6 February. The trial was due to begin on Wednesday 31 January. Her mother Nariman will also go on trial on 6 February. The Israeli military confirmed the date had been changed to February 6, adding it was postponed at her lawyer’s request.

The Daily Mail via AP reports that Russia, Kuwait and nine European countries have agreed to speed up their contributions to help fill a shortfall left by the Trump administration’s decision to greatly reduce crucial U.S. funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Commissioner General Pierre Krähenbühl of UNRWA also said it has received no specifics about reforms sought by the United States, suggesting politics – notably surrounding the U.S. decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital – were at play.

The Mirror reports that Imad al-Alami, one of the founders of Hamas, died in a hospital in Gaza three weeks after an incident in which he accidentally shot himself in the head.

The Daily Mail via AFP reports that chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday that there could be no discussions with US President Donald Trump’s administration until his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is reversed. Erekat, the secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinians’ chief negotiator, told AFP in an interview the decision on Jerusalem was “part of a new American era of moving from negotiation to dictation”.

The Independent and the Daily Mail via AP report that an Israeli legal rights group said Wednesday it is suing two New Zealanders for allegedly convincing the pop singer Lorde to cancel her performance in Israel in what appears to be the first lawsuit filed under a contentious Israeli anti-boycott law. The 2011 law opens the door to civil lawsuits against anyone calling for a boycott against Israel, including of lands it has occupied, if that call could knowingly lead to a boycott.

The Guardian, Telegraph, and the Independent report on the Russian-organised peace conference aimed at ending the war in Syria. It got off to a shambolic start on Tuesday, after dozens of opposition delegates refused to leave the airport in Sochi and others backed out at the last minute. A key opposition delegation arrived in Sochi, the venue of the Congress, only to refuse to leave the airport. They had taken offence at the event logo, plastered around town, which used the flag of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in isolation. The opposition delegation demanded the banners be removed. The groups, who are backed by Turkey, said promises given to them about the neutral symbols surrounding the conference had been broken by the Russian organisers. On Tuesday morning, several dozen delegates flew back to Ankara; only three decided to stay.

Maariv reports on comments by Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot that Hezbollah is increasing its capabilities. Speaking at an event marking the anniversary of the 1997 helicopter disaster, Eisenkot accused the group of “violating UN Security Council resolutions,” by maintaining an armed presence in southern Lebanon, adding that the IDF is “working day and night to ensure preparedness and deterrence against these threats.”

Haaretz reports that Israel will propose a $1bn plan for rebuilding infrastructure in Gaza, with international funding. The conference of donor states for the Palestinians will begin today in Brussels.

Kan Radio reports that the Irish Ambassador to Israel, Alison Kelly, will go to the Foreign Ministry today for what has been described as a clarification talk. This is due to the Irish bill to ban imports of goods originating in the settlements. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sharply condemned the legislation, saying that it was solely intended to support the BDS movement and harm the State of Israel. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has said that the Government in Dublin would oppose the bill.

Haaretz reports that Slovenia’s parliament is expected to recognise the State of Palestine.

Two papers report on the issue of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants in Israel.  Haaretz reports that “asylum seekers” came to submit requests and discovered that the office had been moved without notice. Israel Hayom reports a poll which suggests that a majority of the public is in favour of deporting “infiltrators”. Another article in Israel Hayom quotes a UN Representative in Rwanda – the third country Israel is expected to send many asylum seekers to – stating that Rwanda is a safe place for refugees.

Yediot Ahronot, reports that the US State Department is weighing the possibility of ending  US support for UNRWA, the UN relief organisation operating in Gaza. The US is also exploring challenging the UNRWA definition of a refugee. Of the hundreds of thousands of refugees from the 1948 war, a figure estimated in the low tens of thousands are still believed to be alive. But their descendants, considered refugees under the unique designation afforded by the UN to Palestinians, number in the millions.

The Times of Israel reports that the head of UNRWA says that Russia, Kuwait and nine European countries have agreed to speed up their contributions to help fill a shortfall left by the Trump administration’s decision to greatly reduce US funding.

Yediot Ahronot and Maariv report that the Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is expected to instruct the police to summon Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to give a statement about the submarines and naval vessels affair in the next few days. A senior law enforcement official said yesterday that summoning Netanyahu to be questioned would mark the conclusion of the investigation into the submarines affair. Kan Radio reports that the Attorney General believes that as of now, there is no evidence that Netanyahu was involved in these actions, and no evidence that a Governmental decision benefited his close associates. A spokesperson for the Prime Minister commented: “All of the decisions about the submarines and the naval vessels were made in orderly and documented processes, and the only considerations that guided the Prime Minister on these issues and others was state security.”