Speculation over the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency continues in the media this morning. The Times reports that Israel’s Science Minister Ofir Akunis has suggested that Israel needs “to think how to move forward” and expand West Bank settlements, given that a Trump administration is likely to be more accommodating to the idea. The report also mentions that Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited Israel yesterday.

The Telegraph and the i both report comments made by Trump advisor Jason Greenblatt, who said that the president-elect does not believe that Israeli settlements pose an “obstacle to peace”. However, in a review of various policy areas, the i says that Trump has a “seemingly contradictory” stance on Israel-related issues. While he has pledged to remain “neutral” in any future Israel-Palestinian peace talks, he has also vowed to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in a move which would anger the Palestinians.

A Guardian editorial says that if Trump implements his stated foreign policies he “threatens the global order”. The piece argues that some leaders are “eagerly anticipating the chance of capitalising on an entirely new version of US leadership – or absence of. In Israel, the far right believes the Palestinian state is over”.

The Telegraph, Guardian, the i, Daily Mirror, Metro and Sun all note that Teresa May was the tenth world leader telephoned by Donald Trump following his victory, much later than Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump’s pledge to abandon the nuclear deal agreed last year between Iran and the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) is mentioned by The Telegraph, Daily Express, Guardian, the i and Evening Standard. The Times reports that Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif said yesterday that although Tehran’s “preference” is to maintain the agreement, “Iran’s options are not limited”.

The i and Independent both highlight a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency stating that Iran recently breached the limits on heavy water specified in the deal.

The Daily Mail reports that Manchester City’s latest sponsor, iTrader.com, has had its Israel headquarters raided as part of a fraud investigation by the Israel Securities Authority.

The Israeli media analyses the implications of Trump’s election victory. Haaretz focuses on Trump’s meeting with President Obama at the White House yesterday, while the front page of Maariv simply asks: “Whither America?”

Yediot Ahronot covers a leaked report by the Foreign Ministry which assesses that “Trump does not consider the Middle East to be a ‘wise investment,’ and is likely to strive to limit his involvement in the region.  The peace process is not a top priority for the new administration.”

Maariv prominently covers the comments made by senior Trump advisor Jason Greenblatt, who minimised the significance of Israeli settlements as part of the difficulty in achieving peace.

Israel Hayom publishes a message from Trump, in which he says that peace will be reached through bilateral negotiation and not through coercion.

Yediot Ahronot prominently reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu is at loggerheads with Jewish Home leader and Education Minister Naftali Bennett. The disagreement stems from Bennett’s apparent insistence to put a controversial bill regarding settlements to a vote of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday. The bill would effectively retroactively legalise outposts which were built with the state’s help on private Palestinian West Bank land. It is timed to avoid the evacuation of the Amona outpost, which was ordered to be completed by the High Court by 25 December. Attorney General Avichai Mandleblit has stated that the bill would be rejected by the High Court. Netanyahu is set to convene a meeting of all coalition faction leaders before a potential vote on Sunday.