The Telegraph, BBC, The Times and the New Statesman report on Labour’s antisemitism crisis. Writing in the New Statesman, Marie Van Der Zyl, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and Jonathan Goldstein, Chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council, responded to Corbyn’s Friday evening Guardian oped saying: “In the almost 1,300 words of his article, and further words in his subsequent video, Corbyn was totally silent on the fact that he himself supported a motion seeking to remove the word ‘Holocaust’ from Holocaust Memorial Day; on his describing a Hamas terrorist whose bomb murdered Israelis in a restaurant as ‘brother’; or about the conspiracy theories about how Israel was behind Islamist terrorism in Egypt that he shared on the Iranian regime’s Press TV.” The Times reports that the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council said on Twitter: “Jeremy Corbyn’s video repeats a claim that 0.1 per cent of Labour members are antisemitic, painting Labour’s problem as a regrettable statistical matter, rather than as inevitable outcome of a political culture to which he has contributed.” The Telegraph reports that Yvette Cooper, chair of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said that Labour is in a “mess” over antisemitism. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, Cooper said: “It is awful for the Labour party, that’s got such a history of fighting racism, to be stuck in this mess.” The BBC reports that Corbyn has apologised for hurt caused to Jewish people by antisemitism in his party. In a video message, he also admitted Labour had been too slow in dealing with disciplinary cases.

The Telegraph and the Daily Mail report on protests by the Druze community and their supporters over the Nation-State Law. The Telegraph reports that over 50,000 people protested in central Tel Aviv on Saturday over the law which they say makes Druze second-class citizens. The Daily Mail reports that Netanyahu defended the law saying “The Nation-State Law prevents, for example, the exploitation of the family reunification clause under which very, very many Palestinians have been absorbed into the country.” In response to the law, Israeli Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif said in a speech at the rally that “Despite our unlimited loyalty to the state, the state doesn’t consider us equals.”

The FT, The Times, Reuters and the Daily Mail repot on the reimposing of US sanctions on Iran. The FT reports that in to counter US sanctions intended targeting cars, gold and metals, the Iranian Central Bank has unveiled emergency measures to ease the impact of sanctions. This has included a relaxation of foreign exchange rules. Abdolnaser Hemmati, central bank governor, said on state television that “we are in conditions similar to an economic war . . . [but] I want to say that on the day that you [the US] are imposing sanctions on us, we are opening up our markets.” The FT also leads with an article on Trumps hopes for a Middle East peace plan. Arab officials have said that the President’s plan is bias towards Israel and that any peace proposal has to wait until tensions between Israel and Hamas ease and Palestinian fury over the US’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital dissipates. The Times reports that protests erupted in reaction the US sanctions. One man was killed during a protest in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran. Demonstrators in the capital chanted “death to the dictator”, and there have also been small rallies in Shiraz, Isfahan and the holy city of Qom. The rallies highlighted widespread discontent with the collapse of the rial, which has lost two thirds of its value against the dollar in a year. Reuters reports that Washington’s so-called “snapback” sanctions are due to be reinstated against Tehran at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, a U.S. Treasury official said, speaking on condition anonymity. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that “it’s an important part of our efforts to push back against Iranian malign activity,” he said. “The United States is going to enforce these sanctions.” The Daily Mail reports that Pompeo also said that “This is just about Iranians’ dissatisfaction with their own government, and the President is pretty clear, we want the Iranian people to have a strong voice in who their leadership will be.”

The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Times and the Mirror report the killing of the head of a Syrian chemical weapons factory. The Telegraph reports that the Abu Amara Brigades rebel group claimed responsibility for killing the director of a government chemical weapons programme research facility in a car bombing. Aziz Asber, director of the Syrian Scientific Research Centre, died near the city of Homs when explosives planted in his car went off, pro-regime newspaper Al-Watan reported Sunday. Al-Watan blamed Israel for Asber’s killing. The Times reports that Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, has been blamed for previous “hits” both inside Syria and on scientists attached to the Iranian nuclear programme, and Israeli jets have attacked the Syrian government’s Scientific Studies and Research Centre at Masyaf.  The Daily Mail reports that the Abu Amara has previously claimed attacks targeting officials and militia commanders inside government territory. There was no comment from from Israeli or Syrian government officials regarding the incident. The Mirror reports that Israeli Construction Minister Yoav Gallant, a member of Netanyahu’s security cabinet, speaking to Israel’s Ynet TV said: “There is a war raging in Syria. A lot of sides are involved. “There are a lot of interests … I read about him in the newspaper. He does not sound like a positive guy, to me.”

Reuters reports that Israel set out limited goals for Gaza truce talks on Sunday, saying the focus was on a proposal to ease its blockade territory in return for the Palestinians calming their side of the frontier. A statement issued by a military spokesman after the meeting said that Israel’s military chief had briefed the cabinet about the situation in the Gaza Strip and that the army was “prepared for any scenario.”

Monocle24 Radio has broadcast a special documentary on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a new Summer series on world leaders. The programme features Netanyahu biographer Anshel Pfeffer, former Knesset researcher Susan Hattis Rolef and BICOM CEO James Sorene.

In the Israeli media both Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom lead on the assassination of a Syrian scientist who was thought to be responsible for to the development of chemical weapons.  Aziz Azbar, the head of the Syrian Scientific Research and Studies Centre was killed along with his driver in an explosion on Saturday night. The Scientific Research and Studies Center in Masyaf, also known as CERS, has been the target of at least two reported air attacks blamed on Israel, including one in late April said to have killed a number of Iranians.  The Syrian media has blamed Israel for this latest strike but there has been no formal comment on the incident.   Yediot Ahronot describes Azbar as the Syrian regime’s liaison to Hezbollah and Iran.   According to Haaretz, the attack was claimed by a Syrian rebel group affiliated to Tahrir al-Sham, a rebel group. It includes the group formerly known as the Nusra Front, which served as al Qaeda’s Syrian branch.  “The Abu Amara Brigades released a statement on their Telegram online channel that said they “planted explosive devices” which detonated and killed Azber.”

All the Israeli media continues to speculate over the indirect negotiations over a ceasefire agreement on Gaza. Yediot Ahronot reports that after five hours of discussion, the members of the security cabinet reached the conclusion last night that the chances for a broad and long-term arrangement in the Gaza Strip are slim.  The meeting, which also included a situation update from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, ended with the understanding that there were too many obstacles on the path to an arrangement and it is doubtful that there would be any way to overcome them. It is for this reason that no decisions were made and the members of the security cabinet were not asked to vote or to approve Israel’s part of the arrangement.  Israel Hayom quotes a senior government official saying there will be “no arrangement with Hamas without the dead soldiers bodies.”   Maariv concludes, “The reality is simple: Yahya Sinwar will not consider returning the soldiers’ bodies in exchange for an arrangement.  Period. In exchange for the bodies, he wants prisoners, and more than a few. Israel will not release live prisoners in significant numbers.”  According to Kan radio news this morning, the security cabinet discussed the situation in Gaza and received a report from the Chief of Staff. A statement was released at the end of the meeting that the IDF was ready for any scenario. The ministers were told that the chances of reaching a broad arrangement in the Gaza Strip were slim for reasons that include a lack of progress on intra-Palestinian reconciliation. Nevertheless, Israeli officials understand that barring any achievements, Hamas will be willing to begin a clash with Israel and Israel is preparing for that as well. One of the ministers said that even if the cease-fire remains in place, the fundamental problems in Gaza will not change.

Haaretz prominently reports on comments by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked who spoke out for the first time yesterday on the Nation-State law.  She was asked about the possibility that the High Court of Justice could overturn the law.  She is quoted saying: “Such a move would be an earthquake, a war between the authorities. The High Court justices are very serious and professional people.  The Knesset is the constituent assembly, which defines and determines the Basic Laws. They have to interpret the laws in accordance with the Basic Laws, and I don’t believe a majority on the Supreme Court will decide to take such a step.” About the possibility the High Court of Justice would overturn the law, she said, “I very much hope that this doesn’t happen and I don’t believe it will happen. This particular law has nothing revolutionary in it. It contains the values on which the state was founded, values of settlement, immigration, and national identity. There is a consensus about these values.”

In the background to the ceasefire talks Yediot Ahronot and Maariv also expose meetings, from two years ago, between the parents of the soldiers whose bodies are being held by Hamas and the Prime Minister.  Zehava Shaul, one of the mothers, said that Netanyahu had called her and her late husband “liars.” “Two months before the death of my husband Herzl, we met with the Prime Minister and he shouted at us and hurled accusations at us,” she related, “he called us liars. He became red in in the face and pounded on the table. ‘This is not how you talk to a Prime Minister,’ he said. Up until that meeting, Herzl had full faith and believed the prime minister’s promises. For him, this meeting was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”  The Prime Minister’s Office quickly denied the story and issued a statement: “Prime Minister Netanyahu never shouted at the bereaved families and did not hurl accusations at them.” However, Zehava Shaul did not retract. “Everything I said is the truth,” she repeated, “the fact that he thinks that he’s telling the truth, fine. You can ask the Goldin family, they were there with us.” Leah Goldin, mother of the late Hadar Goldin, confirmed that she had attended that meeting and that it was “a horrible meeting.”

Haaretz carries a report from Foreign Policy magazine that suggests Jared Kushner, US President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, has put pressure on Jordan to strip the refugee status of more than two million registered Palestinians living in the country.  Kushner apparently raised the issue with Jordanian officials during his visit there in June.