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Media Summary

Sagi Muki narrowly missing out on an Olympic bronze medal

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The Guardian reports on plans by Israel’s Interior Minister Arye Deri and Security Minister Gilad Erdan to ban Israel-boycott activists from the country.

The Times and Guardian cover the siege of Aleppo in the ongoing Syrian civil war, noting that both the rebels and the pro-Assad forces are massing for a major battle. Hezbollah is reportedly a key part of the pro-regime force hoping to secure the city.

A Guardian ‘long read’ piece follows the experiences of Palestinian residents of Hebron, and in particular the killing of a Palestinian young man in 2013 following an attack on a checkpoint. The piece by Ben Ehrenreich is adapted from his book.

An AFP wire piece in the Guardian reports that Franz Kafka’s papers will stay in Israel, following a dispute over their ownership between two families.

All Israeli papers report on Israeli judoka Sagi Muki, who came forth in his weight class in Rio, narrowly missing out on an Olympic bronze medal.

Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom report that the Defence Ministry issued a statement yesterday ‘clarifying’ its Friday release about the Iran nuclear deal. Yesterday’s statement stressed that there was no intention to compare the deal to the 1938 Munich agreement with Nazi Germany. The statement was widely seen as a de-facto apology by Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

The Jerusalem Post, citing an interview in the Palestinian newspaper al-Quds, reports plans by the Palestinian Authority to attempt to establish a Palestinian municipal council in East Jerusalem. The attempt is symbolic only and is not expected to be successful.

Israel Hayom reports on a planned doctors’ strike this Thursday. The doctors are demanding changes to their pay and conditions that they had been promised in 2011.

Haaretz reports that a gay couple has been registered as the parents of a baby born to a surrogate mother, without the need for paternity testing. This represents an easier path for gay couples to have children.