The main item of Israel-related coverage in the UK media today is the decision by UNESCO to approve Palestinian membership of the organisation, and the subsequent US move to cut funding to it. In other news, Reuters reports on the renewal of rocket fire on Israeli towns from Gaza, whilst Sky News Online analyses possible reasons why Islamic Jihad has chosen to recommence rocket fire against Israel at the present time. The Times has a piece on the autobiography of former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, which mentions that in 2008, then-Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert secretly offered to create a Palestinian state that would feature international control of holy sites in a divided Jerusalem. The Daily Telegraph, Metro-London and Reuters, meanwhile, have articles on an Arab League proposal to end the violence in Syria. The Independent has a report on tensions between local UN officials and the Hamas authorities in Gaza, after UN schools serving 219,000 Gazan children were shut down for a second day yesterday in a union dispute. The Guardian notes tensions between ultra-orthodox and secular Jews in a central Israeli town. The paper also has an article on new US military deployments in the Gulf. The Times notes corruption allegations against Suha Arafat, widow of Yasser Arafat.

The print editions of the Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayom lead with the US decision to freeze funding to UNESCO following its approval of Palestinian membership. The papers also have front-page stories on the ongoing rocket fire in the south of Israel. Haaretz leads with the renewed Israeli push to draw world attention to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

In the Israeli media, all papers focus on the decision to grant the Palestinians UNESCO membership and the US and possible Israeli responses. All papers also report on the renewal of rocket fire on Beersheva yesterday. Haaretz notes an Israeli warning to the West that the window of opportunity to prevent a nuclear Iran is closing. The paper also reports on a UN investigation that has identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan to acquire technology that could be used to make nuclear weapons. Israel Hayom reports on the Arab League’s plan to end the unrest in Syria. Maariv reports that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is demanding an immediate cabinet discussion on possible military action in Gaza, in light of the continued rocket fire.