The Times, Metro and the Independent all report Russia’s claim that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet in Moscow. An envoy of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met both Netanyahu and Abbas to discuss the prospect of such a meeting last week. The Times calls it a “diplomatic coup” for Putin, with talks between Israel and the PA having been frozen since 2014.

The i covers claims by researchers in Israel that Abbas was a KGB spy during the 1980s. Researchers at the Truman Institute have studied newly released documents from the archive of Vasili Mitrokhin, a Soviet defector.

The online editions of the Guardian and Financial Times both report that a Ramallah court has ordered that the upcoming Palestinian municipal elections be postponed until December, due to disputes over candidates’ lists. The vote is viewed as a major test of popularity for Abbas’ Fatah faction against Hamas. Both sides have blamed the other for the postponement.

The Guardian and Telegraph report that the Israeli army has begun constructing an underground barrier along the length of the Gaza border, in order to prevent tunnelling beneath the border fence. Tunnels constructed by Hamas were used to carry out attacks within Israel, during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. The barrier will reportedly take years to complete.

The Telegraph says that Israel could be in the first round of post-Brexit free trade deals with the United Kingdom.

The Evening Standard reviews the new book by Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari. “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow” cautions against human reliance on the authority of algorithms and big data.

The online edition of the Telegraph and the Independent both cover comments by Syrian foreign ministry officials, who called Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson “completely disassociated with reality” after he hosted a variety of Syrian opposition groups to discuss eventual democratic change. Meanwhile, the Guardian online reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry will fly to Geneva today and meet Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss a Syrian ceasefire.

In the Israeli media, Israel Hayom leads with the ongoing case against Netanya Mayor Miriam Feirberg, who is accused of corruption regarding large construction projects in the city and yesterday had an appeal denied following her arrest. YNet says that her remand was extended by a court until Tuesday and that others arrested include senior municipality officials and Feirberg’s son. The report says that the mayor may have profited by around £1m from just a single property development in the city. Feirberg’s case is also prominently reported in Yediot Ahronot and Maariv.

Meanwhile, the top story in Yediot Ahronot, which is also a major item in Maariv, is Labour and Welfare Minister Haim Katz’s announcement that essential railway maintenance work will resume during the upcoming Jewish Sabbath. Katz did not specify to what extent the work would take place. The issue has been a major point of political tension during the last two weeks, with ultra-Orthodox political leaders demanding that such work cease. Israel Hayom says that ultra-Orthodox leaders will demand a report on the work on Sunday.

Maariv covers comments made by Russia’s foreign ministry, which suggested that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet “in principle”. However, the report says that sharp disagreement remains over Abbas’ demand that Israel first agree to a freeze on construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.