The Times reports that the Ministry of Defence has purchased a £78m missile defence system from Israel to protect the Falkland Islands.

The Times, Mail Online, and the Telegraph report that an Israeli Jewish blogger, Ben Tzion, has sparked outrage after sneaking into the Saudi Arabian city of Medina and posing for photographs in the Grand Mosque of the Prophet Mohammad while holding Hebrew scriptures.

The Guardian, Times, Telegraph, FT, and BBC News Online all report that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has suspended his resignation. Joumanah El Matrah writes in the Guardian that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s suspension of his resignation is only “cosmetic” as Hariri is still open to coercion from Saudi Arabia due to the fact that “the kingdom has rendered his Saudi-based construction firm bankrupt and his family continue to reside in the country”.

The Guardian, Times, and BBC News Online report on the meeting in Sochi between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish and Iranian counterparts. The trio met to discuss a ceasefire agreement to the Syrian civil war.

BBC News Online and the Telegraph report that the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says it will allow aid deliveries to the rebel-held port of Hudaydah and Sanaa airport, after urgent UN appeals.

The FT features an op-ed by George Abed in which he lays out the three challenges facing Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. These include economic diversification, social and cultural modernisation, and securing a calm domestic and regional environment in which to pursue these objectives.

All the Israeli papers report the latest “Shabbat crisis” with Minister Litzman from the United Torah Judaism party threatening to resign from the government if repairs to train lines take place on Shabbat.  Last night Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Ministers in charge of the railway work failed to find a solution. Israel Railways had scheduled maintenance work this Sabbath on all train lines, but now, following Litzman’s ultimatum, this work is in question. According to Yediot Ahronot, “If Netanyahu accedes to Litzman’s demand, that would mean that all train lines stop for an entire day, which would severely upset tens of thousands of Israelis and would cause huge traffic jams on the roads. Moreover, doing this would be perceived by the public as a capitulation to the demands of the ultra-Orthodox parties and as religious coercion and would likely affect support for the Likud and the Prime Minister”.

 All the Israeli papers focus on the political drama in the Likud yesterday when Coalition Chairman David Bitan removed Benny Begin from the Interior Committee after Begin demanded that the “recommendations bill,” which prohibits the police from submitting recommendations at the end of an investigation, only apply to future investigations and not to investigations currently being conducted.  Begin, the son of former Likud Prime Minister Menachem Begin, was earlier this year removed from the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee after he voted against the legalisation bill twice.  Begin’s opposition on this occasion could block the bill entirely, as Kulanu and the Jewish Home also disagree with it.  Maariv quotes Labour Party Chairman Avi Gabbay, saying “Netanyahu is taking revenge on a principled member of Knesset who refuses to support a personally-tailored and corrupt bill”.

Maariv reports that US Vice President Mike Pence will address the Knesset, at his own request, during his visit to Israel in December.  According to protocol, usually only heads of state, kings, Presidents, Prime Ministers and the speakers of parliaments address the Knesset.

Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom report Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s response to petitions filed against the Regulation Law stating that seeking to legalise government-backed outposts in the West Bank built on Palestinian land is “unconstitutional”.  According to Yediot Ahronot,  “Mandelblit had previously stated that the law was a discriminatory and one-sided annexation that could seriously hurt Palestinian land ownership, trample recognised arrangements relating to the competition of rights on property and increase the government’s capacity to seize land”.

Israel Hayom reports on Palestinian unity talks, which resumed in Cairo.  They announced plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections towards the end of 2018. The paper expresses doubt that the 83-year-old Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will stand in the election.

Yediot Ahronot reports that Arnon Milchan was interviewed under caution for the third time in London.  He was asked about the gifts he gave the Netanyahu family in Case 1,000.  He told detectives: “I gave my team carte blanche to give them whatever they wanted.”

Maariv reports the harsh reaction from the Likud to an op-ed yesterday by the right-wing writer Nadav Haetzni, who argued that for the sake of the right-wing Netanyahu should resign, as he has become a liability to the national camp.  His concern is that to save himself, Netanyahu will embrace the Trump peace initiative.

Army radio reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu has criticised deputy foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely, for her statement yesterday about US Jews when she said that they do not have children serving in the military. Netanyahu said in a statement that there was no place for such an attack and that her statements do not reflect the State of Israel’s position.

Maariv reports that Israeli security forces have detected a substance that was to be used to manufacture explosives into Gaza.  The substance was concealed in a shipment of motor oils and was detected using a new technology that can identify gases, liquids, powders, solids, metals and other materials—prior to their entry into the Gaza.