The Financial Times reports that Israel yesterday signed a gas pipeline deal with Cyprus, Greece and Italy amidst efforts to increase its natural gas exports to the EU.

The i reports that Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of barring foreign researchers from entering the Gaza Strip. The organisation also accuses Egypt of preventing access to Gaza.

The Financial Times also reports that Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva will face a shareholder rebellion if it fails to nominate new directors with pharmaceutical experience, according to a prominent investor.

A Daily Mail commentary on Apple’s “disdain for good corporate citizenship” cites an incident where the company refused to allow the FBI backdoor access to a terrorist’s iPhone, leading to the FBI involving Israeli security experts to access the information.

Maariv and Haaretz both prominently cover the terror attack in St. Petersburg that claimed 11 lives.

Maariv and Israel Hayom give front page coverage to Gidon Saar’s announcement last night that he is returning to the Likud and to political activity.

Yediot Ahronot focus on domestic issues, with the recommendation of increasing the disability allowance.  Yediot Ahronot also takes quotes from the Prime Minister, speaking at a reception for workers at the Prime Minister Office: “If I tell you what I see in the media, I see that it is not diverse enough, it does not reflect public sentiments. It is an industry of despondency. Where they see unemployment, I see full employment. Where they see a ruined economy, I see a thriving economy. Where they see traffic jams, I see interchanges, trains, bridges.”  The paper juxtaposes the picture of Netanyahu alongside a huge traffic jam.

The on-going dispute against the public broadcasting corporation is intensifying according to Maariv as the head of the labour union, the Histadrut threaten a general strike because the intended deal will lead to the dismissal of hundreds of workers.

Israel Radio ran an interview with US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley in which she said Washington would not permit the UN to pass resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as long as the Palestinians did not return to the negotiating table. She also said that since the US was the current president of the UN Security Council, the monthly meeting on the Middle East in 2.5 weeks would not focus this time on Israel, but rather on Iranian terror, Hezbollah and Syria.