The Guardian online reports that Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations’ (UN) high commissioner for human rights has sharply criticised the Regulation Bill on settlements, which passed its first Knesset vote this week. He said that if it becomes law, the bill “would violate international law” and “seriously damage the reputation of Israel around the world”. The bill proposes to legalise a number of outposts in the West Bank. It must still pass two further Knesset votes and survive likely legal challenges in order to become law.

The i reports that hackers interrupted Channel Two’s broadcast in parts of Israel on Tuesday evening, replacing regular programming with the Muslim call to prayer. The hack is thought to be a protest at the so-called “Muezzin Bill,” which would ban the use of loudspeakers to amplify the Muslim call to prayer between 11pm and 7am.

The Guardian includes a feature on the new Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, opened by Israeli composer and pianist Daniel Barenboim, who also holds Palestinian citizenship. It was founded alongside now deceased Palestinian intellectual and academic Edward Said. The Academy gives 90 musical students from across the Middle East the chance to study alongside Barenboim and other world class musical figures.

The Daily Mirror reports that an Iranian theme park is teaching children how to attack the “enemies in the West” and includes the opportunity to fire plastic bullets and shells at the American flag and an effigy of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In Syria, the Telegraph online says that the last residents in Aleppo’s rebel-held areas are “cowering in bombed-out buildings as they wait for their fate” as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces continue to advance. The Guardian reports that Western diplomats have conceded that a plan to air drop aid into Aleppo has stalled over “reluctance among military commanders and an absence of political will”.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Yediot Ahronot and Maariv is preparations for the impending evacuation of the Amona outpost in the West Bank. The court-ordered evacuation appears set to go ahead, after the coalition this week agreed to proceed with a bill which would allow for the Amona eviction, but would legalise similar outposts which were constructed on private Palestinian land with government help. Yediot Ahronot reports that Border Police have been training for the eviction at a base in southern Israel, while Amona residents have pledged passive resistance but have said they will not use violence.

Israel Radio news says that the head of a religious Zionist youth movement has urged members not to travel to Amona this weekend, after rumours spread that the evacuation is set to begin on Saturday night. Hundreds of people are thought to be preparing to spend the weekend in Amona to help resist any eviction.

The top story in Israel Hayom, also prominently reported by Maariv and Yediot Ahronot, is the imminent arrival of the first F-35 stealth fighter jets in Israel. The planes have been purchased from the United States and the first two of a fleet of 50 are scheduled to arrive in time for a reception ceremony on Monday at the Nevatim air base in southern Israel, which will be attended by US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter.

Israel Radio news says that Abu Amar, a Syrian opposition member and representative of several rebel organisations in the Golan area, has warned that Iran intends to carve out a foothold on Israel’s border. He said that Iran is increasing efforts to transfer Sunnis out of the area and to form militias which would threaten Israel with missiles.