The Telegraph, BBC News Online, the Times, Politico Europe and the Daily Mail via AFP all report on the Holocaust Bill passed by the Polish Senate yesterday. Israel has led widespread criticism of the Polish parliament after it approved a Bill criminalising anyone who suggested that Poland had been complicit in the Holocaust. The Bill will now be sent to Polish President Andrzej Duda for approval.

The Guardian reports on a leaked EU memo that says Israel is developing archaeological and tourism sites to legitimise settlements in East Jerusalem. The report identified excavation sites in majority-Arab districts, a proposed cable car project with stops in East Jerusalem and the designation of built-up urban areas as national parks.

The Daily Mail reports that archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 1,500-year-old pool and fountain that could have been the site of one of Christianity’s most storied baptisms. The pool may have served as the site of a key story described in the New Testament, wherein St. Philip the Evangelist baptised and converted an Ethiopian man to Christianity although scientists say it is not truly clear what the pool was used for.

The Daily Mail via AP reports that Lebanon’s energy minister said that Beirut will go ahead with oil and gas exploration near its maritime border with Israel, despite Israeli claims to the same field. Cesar Abi Khalil’s comments to The AP came a day after Israel’s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman described the exploration activities by Lebanon as “very provocative”. Lieberman further suggested that Lebanon had sought bids from international companies for a gas field “which is by all accounts ours”.

The Mirror reports on what it calls inappropriate remarks by UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson at a reception for the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) group as he recalled his only visit to Israel as a teenager. To a mix of laughter and shock, Williamson told the audience that his visit to Israel had left him very impressed by “your female defence forces.”

The Times published a column by Philip Collins discussing the Labour Party and antisemitism, specifically in the context of the dispute between George Galloway, David Baddiel and Jon Lansman that erupted online this week.

All the Israeli papers discuss the Polish senate passing the bill prohibiting the use of the phrase “Polish extermination camps.” Israel Hayom reports on the “outrage” of Israeli officials who accuse Poland of not upholding their agreement.  Similarly, Maariv notes the vote caught Israel off guard, as the two governments had agreed to “start an immediate dialogue in order to try to reach understandings on the legislation.” A senior diplomatic official said that Israeli officials were profoundly disappointed, since the bilateral relationship is important to both sides, and said that passing the Bill was contrary to the spirit of the understandings that both Prime Ministers had reached.

Yediot Ahronot leads with a revelation that following a recent decision by Defence Minister Lieberman the IDF will establish a new surface-to-surface missile system within the next two years.  The paper refers to it as the “Missile Corps” which will be operated by ground forces.  The system will be developed by Israel Military Industries and will include missiles with a range of 150 kilometres.  In the future, the range will be extended further.   The paper sees the plan as controversial, having been discussed for several years and with some senior officers opposed.  The plan is thought to cost half a billion shekels from the defence budget.

Haaretz leads on an account from a former African asylum seeker who went to Rwanda.  He discourages others to make the move claiming their documents were confiscated and there is no work there.

Israel Hayom claims some Labour MK’s are discussing the possibility to removing their leader Avi Gabbay, who was only elected to the position last year.   The paper concedes the move is complicated and there is no certainty that it will happen, but is indicative of the difficult position in which the new leader finds himself, particularly in the opinion polls. The paper claims some MK’s have sought legal advice to examine the issue.

Haaretz reports on Qatar foreign minister’s visit to Washington. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani is in the US for “strategic talks” with the Trump administration.  He was also asked about the recent visits of prominent US Jewish leader to Qatar and answered, “all of them are welcome and we are building good relations with them”.

Yediot Ahronot reports eight Palestinians died in a gas explosion in a residential neighbourhood in Gaza.  The explosion is thought to have been deliberate and part of family dispute. Hamas arrested the person who caused the detonation.

Maariv continues to cover the tension between religious authorities and the security establishment over women’s serving in the armed forces.  This morning the paper reports a prominent Rabbi also objects to women serving in the police and border police.  Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, an important Zionist rabbi, said that he was opposed to mixed service of men and women “any place where there are long night shifts and pressure”.

Yediot Ahronot continues to follow Case 1,000 that relates to gifts to Netanyahu and his wife may have illegally received. The paper publishes testimony from Hadas Klein, the personal assistant of Arnon Milchan, in which she said that Sara Netanyahu asked for the gifts to be brought in dark and opaque bags in order to conceal them.