The Financial Times reports that hundreds of pro-settlement activists have arrived in the West Bank outpost of Amona, in advance of the expected evacuation after the recent High Court judgement. The article notes that Amona’s fate has “captured Israel’s mainstream political debate” while a similar piece in the Guardian online calls Amona “a cause celebre for the settlement movement”.

The Guardian includes a feature on Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The section on “Israel and Palestine” includes Trump’s comment that “I would love to be able to be the one that made peace with Israel and the Palestinians,” and says that his “secret weapon” in taking steps towards this is his Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner.

In its “Postcard From…” section, the i features a Christian artist in Gaza, who creates religious figurines and carvings of Biblical scenes. The piece notes that “Only about 1,200 Christians remain in Gaza – a tiny fraction of the population in a territory run by Hamas Islamists”.

The Daily Mirror, i, Metro and Guardian all report that Prime Minister Theresa May will today announce that the government is adopting a new definition of antisemitism, as outlined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The Sun notes that the definition includes claims that Israel has no right to exist.

The Daily Mail, Daily Express and Telegraph all say that in May’s speech, will which take place at a Conservative Friends of Israel event. She will say: “Israel guarantees the rights of people of all religions, races and sexuality, and it wants to enable everyone to flourish. Our aim in Britain is the same: to create a better, fairer society, helping everyone to reach as far as their talents will allow.”

The online editions of the Guardian, Times and Financial Times all report that Egypt’s Government has declared a three-day period of mourning following yesterday’s bombing at the main Coptic Christian cathedral in Cairo, which killed 25 people.

The Financial Times suggests that Syrian rebels have been shown a draft US-Russia brokered proposal outlining a 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo to allow the safe passage of those wishing to leave.

The Independent and online edition of the Guardian both report that Iran has announced a £13.3bn deal with Boeing for the purchase of 80 passenger planes.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Israel Hayom, which is also covered prominently in Maariv and Israel Radio news this morning, is the arrival of the first two F-35 stealth fighter jets in Israel later today. Israel has purchased a fleet of 50 F-35s from the United States. A welcome ceremony for the state of the art aircraft, will be held at Nevatim Air Base in the presence of Israel’s Prime Minister, Defence Minister, IDF Chief of Staff and the US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter. An Israel Air Force official told Israel Radio that the F-35s will preserve Israel’s air superiority for decades.

The main story in Maariv, which is also covered prominently by Israel Radio is a report by the charity Latet, which indicates that more than 2.4m people in Israel, nearly a third of the population and including more than one million children, live in poverty. The report also says that 11 per cent of needy children in Israel eat just one meal per day.

Another major item in Maariv is comments made by Prime Minister Netanyahu at yesterday’s cabinet meeting, in which he said that the system of appointments to public positions in Israel must be changed. Netanyahu noted that incoming US President Donald Trump is able to make thousands of political appointments without oversight. Maariv says that Netanyahu has set up a committee to formulate a proposal to change the current system of search committees for public positions.