The Israeli government’s decision to look into closing the Jerusalem bureau of Al Jazeera is covered widely in the British press this morning, with the FT, Times, Guardian, Telegraph, BBC and ITV all covering the story. The decision was taken by the government in response to what it claims was the network’s incitement of violence during the al-Aqsa crisis. Several of the papers note that Israel is following in the lead of a number of other states in the region including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and the UAE.

The i reports comments by Culture Minister Miri Regev that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains “relaxed and confident” despite the announcement last week by Israeli police that he is under investigation for corruption and bribery.

The FT reports that the Israeli advertising technology company Taptica has doubled its size after signing a deal to purchase the bulk of US company Tremor Video. The paper notes that Tremor has been struggling in recent years with its share price steadily declining. Taptica hopes to turn these losses around by cutting costs and combining existing operations.

On their front pages, Yediot Ahronoth, Maariv and Israel Hayom all report on statements made by Ari Harow, who signed a deal to turn state witness over the weekend. According to the reports, Harow denied his situation was similar to that of Shula Zaken, the personal secretary of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose evidence ultimately helped convict Olmert. Last night, television stations reported that businessmen close to Netanyahu may also soon be subpoenaed to testify on the cases involving the prime minister. According to Channel Ten, at least one of them will be questioned under caution.

Maariv reports that Likud ministers have after what it describes as “deafening silence”, Likud MKs have expressed public support for Netanyahu. Haaretz features the headline from Likud Ministers saying “you don’t oust a Prime minister because of headlines”.

Haaretz reports that senior Palestinian officials have said that due to the investigations surrounding Netanyahu a peace initiative is currently not possible.

Kan Radio reports that King Abdullah of Jordan will visit Ramallah today for the first time in five years and he will meet with PA Chairman Abu Mazen.

Maariv reports that Israel is acting on its plan to close Al Jazeera’‎s offices. In a press conference, Communications Minister Ayoub Kara said: “‎Our decision is based on the steps taken by the Sunni states to close the network in their countries”, adding that he intends to ask the Government Press Office to deny press cards to Al Jazeera correspondents.  ‎The Government Press Office responded that according to its rules, “press cards are not given if the director…believes that giving a press card is liable to endanger state security. We have therefore asked security officials to provide a professional opinion about the Al Jazeera network. The Government Press Office decision will be made after receiving this opinion.”

Maariv also reports that the Haifa District Court yesterday accepted the position of Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and acceded to his request to revoke the citizenship of the Alaa Ziad, a resident of Umm el-Fahm who committed a terror attack in October 2015 in which four people were injured. The court ruled that his citizenship status be revoked on October 31, 2017 and that Ziad be given the status of temporary resident.

Haaretz and Israel Hayom report that the High Court of Justice cancelled Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s stated plan to tax owners of three apartments.