The Guardian online looks at the historic Tunisian Jewish community on the island of Djerba. It is the last significant Jewish community in the country, after most Tunisian Jews left decades ago. However, the report says that many of the remaining Djerba Jews are now considering leaving for Israel, for a mixture of political and economic reasons.

In Syria, the Telegraph online reports claims by ISIS that it has killed three Russian soldiers. Meanwhile, the Independent online says that the ISIS stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria has been breached by a mixture of Kurdish fighters and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

A feature in the Financial Times says that Iran has been sending “mixed messages” since Tehran signed a nuclear deal with the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) last year, regarding future relations with the likes of the United States and Saudi Arabia. It puts this down to evident “differences between moderate and hardline forces” in Iran. Another Financial Times piece says that Iran has named five local companies as potential partners for international investors in Iran’s energy industry.

In the Israeli media, both Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom lead with the European Union referendum. Although the result remained unknown at the time the Israeli newspapers went to press, the front page headline in Israel Hayom describes it as a “Fateful vote in Britain.”

In other news, the top story in Maariv, which is also covered heavily by Israel Hayom and Yediot Ahronot, is the refusal of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to meet with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin in Brussels. Both were in Belgium to address the European Parliament, but Abbas declined the opportunity to meet with Rivlin and some reports even suggest that Abbas changed hotels so as not to run in to him. Rivlin commented: “I gladly accepted the initiative of European Union officials to hold the meeting, and I regret that he rejected it.”

Both reports, plus Israel Radio news also focus on Abbas’ address to the European Parliament yesterday, in which he claimed that an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank would end terrorism across the Middle East and the world. Abbas also appeared to invoke an historic anti-Semitic trope, claiming that some Israeli rabbis had encouraged the poisoning of Palestinian water. Israel Radio says that the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Abbas of a blood libel. Commenting in Yediot Ahronot, Ben-Dror Yemini says that Abbas “has stepped perfectly into Arafat’s shoes: He doesn’t want a Palestinian state, and he has no interest in doing anything on behalf of the Palestinians.  He is only interested in hurting the Jewish entity.”

Israel Radio also reports that Israeli and Turkish officials will meet on Sunday in order to finalise a reconciliation agreement between the two countries and a renewal of full diplomatic relations. Apparently, the agreement will be brought to Israel’s security cabinet during the middle of next week.