The Financial Times are reporting that Israel and Lebanon are edging towards a US-brokered agreement to defuse a dispute over their maritime border that has been a long-running source of tension between the two countries.

Reuters have written that Israel gave its preliminary nod on Sunday to a draft U.S.-brokered deal demarcating a maritime border with Lebanon that may lead to profit-sharing in a disputed Mediterranean gas prospect. Hoping to defuse one source of conflict between the hostile countries and prod them toward accommodation, U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein last week submitted a new proposal that would pave the way for offshore energy exploration.

The Guardian and The BBC are reporting that Iranian security forces have clashed with students at a prominent university in Tehran, social and state media reported, in the latest sign of a deadly clampdown on nationwide protests that were ignited by the death in custody of a young woman. Reports say a large number of students at Sharif university in Tehran have been trapped in the campus car park and videos on social media appear to show students running away from security forces, with apparent gun shots fired. The Times are also reporting on how social media is fuelling the protests, corroding the power of the government.

Israeli media continue to cover the ongoing violence in the West Bank.  Last night an Israeli soldier was lightly hurt after shots were fired at a military checkpoint in the northern West Bank, hours after a shooting left another person wounded nearby. The IDF said the attack, which wounded a combat soldier, was aimed at both Israeli civilians and soldiers near Nablus. Footage published by the Samaria regional council showed its chairman, Yossi Dagan, and several other Israelis — including children — taking cover behind vehicles as shots rang out in the area.

Kan Radio reports a pregnant woman was lightly wounded near the Bethlehem-area settlement of Tekoa when the car she was traveling in was pelted with stones. In the evening an IDF soldier was lightly wounded when a terrorist shot him in the leg near the Shomron Brigade Junction. The security establishment is worried that terrorism could spill out of Nablus to other parts of the West Bank and that the Palestinian Authority is losing control of the territory. Clashes also took place on Saturday night in Issawiyeh and Silwan in East Jerusalem between security forces and young people. There were no reports of injuries.

Army Radio reported  that there was an attempted car ramming attack in the Jilazon refugee camp last night. No Israelis were hurt. Three Palestinians tried to ram a group of soldiers from the Egoz unit who were engaged in an operation to arrest suspects in the Jilazon refugee camp. The soldiers were not hurt and opened fire.  They killed two and wounded one; the army confiscated the bodies of the terrorists and are currently holding onto them.

Haaretz publishes a piece in which eight Arab citizens of Israel explain why they do no they will not be voting. It includes disappointment from the Arab parties, the lack of faith in the ability to change things via the Knesset, the feeling they have no influence over the current reality and their unwillingness to cooperate with the occupation.

Maariv reports that United Arab List Chairman Mansour Abbas attacked Opposition Chairman Netanyahu fiercely on Friday and said that the UAL would not support him and the Likud after the elections. Abbas accused Netanyahu of causing crime and violence in Arab society to escalate and also attacked his Arab rivals for cooperating with Netanyahu. “Netanyahu is the reason for everything that happens in Arab society,” Abbas said. “The crime and increase in crime happened during his time. We are with the government of change, we will not support Netanyahu—he’s history. He is the one who brought the fascist Ben Gvir into the Israeli parliament.” Netanyahu commented: “I am looking out for history so that Mansour Abbas and his friends will not be the future.”

Maariv also reports that the Likud is putting maximum pressure on the Jewish Home to quit the race. The Likud believes that if Ayelet Shaked withdraws, the majority of right-wing voters who still vote for the Jewish Home will vote for another party in the bloc—either the Likud or the Religious Zionist Party. The Likud is unimpressed with the Jewish Home’s campaign slogan, “only with Ayelet Shaked does Netanyahu have 63.”

Israel Hayom also publishes commentary on the election which argues that the biggest factor that will decide the election is voter turnout in the Arab sector. Ever since the Joint List split, Netanyahu has been worried about three issues. Firstly, he wants a low voter turnout in the Arab sector and for Balad not to cross the electoral threshold. This will increase the chances of the right-wing bloc getting 61 seats. The second issue that concerns Netanyahu is Ayelet Shaked. The Likud chairman made a decision to attack Shaked and to siphon her voters until she quits the race. The reasoning is that Shaked doesn’t have a chance of crossing the electoral threshold even with the Likud’s quiet support. Her voters must therefore be siphoned so as not to waste votes. The third matter is increasing voter turnout in the Likud and among right-wing voters who did not vote in the last few elections. Netanyahu has built an entire door-to-door mechanism whose goal is to go to the Likud cities and neighborhoods and knock on the doors and persuade people to vote. In the other bloc, Prime Minister Lapid is worried about low voter turnout in the Arab sector and wants to encourage the vote for the UAL and for Hadash-Taal.