The Guardian, Times, Telegraph and the online edition of the Independent all cover a rally on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv which called for a change of government. The demonstration, which it is estimated was attended by at least 30,000 people, featured speeches by the widow of a soldier killed during last summer’s Gaza conflict and was headlined by former Mossad head Meir Dagan. The Telegraph highlights Dagan’s comments in which he said that he was more scared by Israel’s current leadership, which lacks vision, than by Israel’s enemies. Placing the demonstration in context, the Times says that it is part of an election campaign which has become a “referendum” on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Financial Times online covers a statement issued yesterday by Netanyahu’s Likud Party, which described the establishment of a Palestinian state as “not relevant” in the “current realities” of the region. Such a position would appear to contradict Netanyahu’s policy until now of support for a two-state solution outlined in his Bar Ilan Speech of 2009. The statement comes just two days after Yediot Ahronot revealed that Netanyahu’s personal envoy had negotiated with the Palestinian Authority (PA) as recently as 2013 and seemingly agreed to a potential West Bank withdrawal, a potential deal on Jerusalem and possible concessions over the right of return of Palestinian refugees.

The Financial Times includes a feature on the Joint Arab List, which polls indicate could become the Knesset’s third largest faction, but has said it won’t be part of a coalition.

Meanwhile, a Times editorial says that next week’s election comes with Israel at a crossroads, explaining that “Diplomatic inertia has become dangerous. Israel faces a critical election.”

Both City AM and the online edition of the Guardian cover comments made by US President Barack Obama regarding the emerging nuclear deal with Iran. He said that the gaps are narrowing, although they still exist and that if no acceptable deal is agreed, then the US will walk away from the negotiations. Writing in City AM, John Hulsman says that following Netanyahu’s speech to Congress last week, the ball is in Obama’s court to make the case for the nascent agreement in order to “politically salvage the centrepiece of his foreign policy.”

The Independent covers a public appearance by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, in which he addressed environmental activists. It comes following reports that Khamenei is in ill health in hospital.

The Times online says that Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey, will visit Iraq and voice fears to the country’s leaders over Iranian dominance of the military operation to re-take the ISIS stronghold of Tikrit.

The Guardian online covers a report that US-led airstrikes in Syria have targeted the al-Qaeda affiliated opposition group, al-Nusra Front.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot leads with the fall-out from a controversial Likud campaign advert which was aired and then pulled last week, which depicted a fictional ‘support group’ of victims of Likud policy. They included Hamas terrorists and workers from Israel’s ports, causing an outcry among unions and public sector workers.

Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom all report that Prime Minister Netanyahu pledged to intervene in an industrial dispute at Israel Chemicals at the Dead Sea, after the union leader, also chairman of the Likud branch in Dimona, said he would speak at Saturday evening’s large anti-government rally. Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom also cover wide criticism of statements made at the rally by artist Yair Garbuz, who is accused of speaking offensively and hatefully about religious Jews.

Haaretz leads with the Likud Party statement which yesterday called the idea of a Palestinian state “not relevant” in light of the regional situation. However, Israel Radio news says that Netanyahu himself last night sought to clarify that he does not reject his Bar Ilan speech, but that there would be no concessions or withdrawals from territory, which would likely be taken over by radical Islamists. Israel Hayom leads with comments made by Likud candidate Benny Begin, who branded Yediot Ahronot as a disgrace to journalism in light of its article revealing talks between Netanyahu’s envoy and the PA.