The Telegraph, Independent i and the online edition of the Guardian all cover a diplomatic spat between Israel and Brazil over Brasilia’s refusal to accept Israel’s next ambassadorial appointment to the country. Four months ago, Israel announced that Dani Dayan, an Argentinian-born settler leader would become the country’s next envoy in Brazil. However, the Brazilian government says that it will not accept Dayan’s appointment. Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said yesterday that Israel is ready to downgrade diplomatic relations over the issue if necessary.

The Financial Times reports that the Israeli-anti settlement group Peace Now says that Israel’s Housing Ministry is planning thousands of new units in the West Bank, including the controversial E1 area between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim. Peace Now says it received the information following a freedom of information request. However, an anonymous Israeli official is quoted saying that there has been no official decision and that the proposed building is still in the planning stages.

The Guardian online covers the dismissal of Yair Ramati, head of Israel’s missile defence programme. Ramati was removed from the post which he had held for the past four years, due to what was described by Israel’s Defence Ministry as a “grave breach of information security.” He is thought to have saved sensitive information on his personal laptop.

The Times says that Egyptian soldiers shot dead a Gazan man, who crossed into Egyptian waters while swimming naked. The report says that Hamas security personnel indicated to the Egyptian troops that the man suffered from mental health issues before they opened fire.

The Telegraph reports that Iran has shipped out 8.5 tons of low-enriched uranium to Russia, a step in compliance with the long-term nuclear deal agreed in July between Tehran and the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). The report says that US Secretary of State John Kerry has hailed the move.

The online editions of the Telegraph and Financial Times both report that a rare United Nations-brokered truce has been achieved in three Syrian towns. The Assad regime has permitted hundreds of rebel fighters and civilians to enjoy free passage out of the country from the three areas, following long periods of fierce fighting.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom all lead with a ruling expected this morning by the Supreme Court over an appeal by former-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and several others who have been handed prison sentences in what is known as the “Holyland” affair. The case relates to a large building project in Jerusalem during the time in which Olmert served as city mayor. He was found guilty of receiving bribes in order to smooth the project’s progress and faces a six-year prison sentence unless the Supreme Court overturns the conviction this morning.

Yediot Ahronot and Maariv both cover comments made by two Hebrew University lecturers about Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, in relation to a bill which she is spearheading which would restrict the activities of NGOs which are often critical of the government. With the controversial bill having been approved on Sunday by the relevant ministerial committee, one of the lecturers is reported to have called Shaked “neo-Nazi scum” via social media. Commenting in Yediot Ahronot, Ben-Dror Yemini reflects on the wider context, saying “in wake of the despicable remarks of right wing fanatics, the left wing fanatics have become more fanatic, but this radicalization has to stop. Otherwise, it won’t end merely in words.”

Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Post covers comments made on Israel Radio yesterday by an official from Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction. The official said that elements within the Fatah leadership favour a return to suicide bombings if the current wave of violence continues, warning that the situation could escalate. On Sunday, in the latest attacks, two Israeli soldiers were wounded, one moderately in separate stabbings by Palestinians, one in Jerusalem and the other near Nablus in the West Bank.