The Daily Telegraph and the Times report on the shooting of an Israeli policeman in the West Bank on Monday night, also detailing the controversy over Israeli Defence Minister Ya’alon’s decision to allow Jewish settlers to move back into a house in Hebron, six years after their initial eviction.

The Guardian online ran a feature on Monday about the water problems experienced in the Shuafat refugee camp which is situated within the Jerusalem municipal city limits, yet separated from the rest of Jerusalem by Israel’s security barrier. Meanwhile, the Economist publishes a blog piece which is pessimistic about the chances of an Israeli-Palestinian deal to create a two state solution.

In regional news, Tuesday’s Guardian, Financial Times and Times all report that Saudi Arabia has replaced former ambassador to the US and current intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan “at his own request”. The Financial Times also publishes an opinion piece by David Gardner discussing the current round of negotiations with Iran.

Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph cites an UN report describing systematic torture of Syrian victims in government detention facilities and as by some armed groups. It also publishes a feature on a monastery at Maaloula, 40 miles from Damascus, which has been destroyed during the fighting between the Syrian Government and Islamist rebels. Meanwhile, Tuesday’s Guardian quotes an academic report which reveals how social media is being harnessed by a network of radical preachers to inspire and guide British and other western Muslims waging jihad in Syria and also reports on fear by British security agencies that a small number of the young Britons recruited online to fight in Syria will come back plotting terror.

The Israeli press all lead with the story of the shooting attack outside Hebron on Monday night, with the victim being named as Chief Superintendent Baruch Mizrahi, a 47-year-old father of five from Modiin who filled a variety of senior positions in Israel’s military and police intelligence forces. The papers also relate that Israeli security forces are carrying out extensive searches for the perpetrators of the attack, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the “reprehensible” attack and criticised it for failing to condemn the shooting.

Meanwhile, multiple publications report that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet today (Wednesday) to try and extend peace talks beyond their 29 April deadline.

In other news, Haaretz publishes an interview with Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau who calls for Israel to adapt the Law of Return and its immigration laws. The Jerusalem Post quotes officials in the Likud and Jewish Home parties who predict that the crisis within the coalition will not be resolved until the deadline for extending talks with the Palestinians. Meanwhile, in an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman claimed that Israel has opened secret channels with a number of Arab countries in the Gulf.

In addition, the Israeli media continues to cover the shooting attack at the Jewish community centre in Kansas and report on the death of long-time Haaretz journalist and defence writer Reuven Peatzur, who was killed in a car crash on Monday night.