The BBC reports that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to be released early from prison after the parole board reduced his 27 month sentence by a third.

City AM reports that Israeli tech company Ethernity Networks floated on London’s AIM market yesterday for £45m, raising £15m for the business.

The Evening Standard features an article by BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson criticising the West’s silence over the demand of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain that Qatar shut down Al Jazeera as a condition for restoring ties: “ Imagine if the EU’s chief negotiator demanded that Theresa May close down the BBC as part of the Brexit deal.” Simpson notes that the organisation is “one of the world’s major news channels,” offering a different perspective from western news organisations.

All the Israeli media report the decision by Israel’s Prisons Service Parole Board to release former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday. Yediot Ahronoth reports that Olmert is expected to try to complete his autobiography in time for publication in September.

Yediot Ahronoth reports that the UN is trying to mediate between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) over the crisis in Gaza. In related news, Haaretz report that the PA will now allow sick Gazans to enter Israel for treatment.

Israel Hayom reports that AIPAC is sponsoring a letter from US Congress Members against the Israeli cabinet’s decision to freeze the Western Wall arrangement and to advance the conversion bill. Haaretz reports that due to pressure from American organisations, Netanyahu is meeting with the heads of his coalition parties this morning. In related news, Maariv reports that one of the results of the conversion bill affair and the decision to suspend the implementation of the Western Wall arrangement has been a “rebellion”by Israeli ambassadors and consul generals in North America against the official messages of the Prime Minister’s Office.

Haaretz reports that evidence is strengthening against Prime Minister Netanyahu in two separate investigations.

Haaretz also reports that Israel is due to cease family visits to Hamas prisoners from Gaza.