The Independent and the Mail Online report comments made by US Vice President Mike Pence at an event in New York commemorating the 70^th anniversary of the 1947 UN partition plan resolution. Pence said US President Donald Trump was “actively considering” moving the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The Guardian reports that German public broadcasters have dropped plans to broadcast concerts next year by ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, citing what they call “accusations of antisemitism against him”. The broadcaster’s decision relates to Waters support for the Israel boycott movement.

The Mail Online reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel will open an Embassy in Rwanda as part of a push to increase its influence in Africa.

BBC News Online, the Telegraph, and the FT report that Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah has been released more than three weeks after he was detained on allegations of corruption, officials say. He was freed after agreeing an “acceptable settlement” with authorities of more than £750m.

The Guardian and the Times report that Ahmed Abu Khattala, the alleged mastermind of the 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, which left four Americans dead, was acquitted of murder but convicted on terrorism charges by a federal jury in Washington DC.

BBC News Online and the FT report that the Syrian government has agreed to a Russian proposal for a localised truce in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region.

The Guardian reports that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will demand that Saudi Arabia ends its blockade of Yemen during her three-day trip to the Middle East. The Times and BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme also report details of her visit to Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

BBC News Online report that the number of US troops in Syria and Iraq is significantly higher than acknowledged by Pentagon officials, according to a US Defence Department report. Officially there are 503 US troops in Syria and 5,262 in Iraq. However, the report puts the true numbers at 1,720 and 8,892.

The Guardian reports that Libyan media has seized upon a tweet by President Trump accusing CNN of being “fake news,” to challenge a CNN report which suggested modern-day slave auctions were being held in the country.

The Guardian editorial today focuses on the Syrian civil war and argues that Russia is now “calling most of the shots” at the negotiating table.

Similarly, Roger Boyes writes in the Times that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “thoroughly outwitted Obama and Trump with realpolitik and regional expertise” in the Middle East.

The FT also contains an op-ed by Roula Khalaf declaring that Putin has “won the Syria war” but warning that he may not be able to keep the peace as a “soft partition of the country could have ramifications elsewhere in the Middle East”.

The Times reports that an Iranian wrestler is being lionised by his country for deliberately losing a match at a junior world championship so that he would not have to fight an Israeli opponent in the next round.

The Telegraph covers the story of the preacher who survived Friday’s attack on a Sufi mosque in Sinai.

Yediot Ahronot’s front page is devoted to the 70^th anniversary of the UN partition vote that ended the British Mandate and established two states in the Land of Israel / Palestine.  Kan Radio News reports that at the ceremony held at the UN last night marking the occasion, US Vice President Mike Pence said that President Donald Trump was considering when and how to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.   On Friday, the Presidential waiver delaying implementation of the act for moving the Embassy to Jerusalem will expire.

All the Israeli media continue to discuss the recommendations bill, which passed its first reading. The Knesset Interior Committee will convene two sessions to discuss the bill. Maariv reported on the anger when 17 members of the opposition were absent from the Knesset for the first vote. Zionist Union Faction Chairman Yoel Hasson said last night that pairing would not be permitted moving ahead into the next votes on this bill.

Maariv quotes Finance Minister Kahlon, who said that “anyone who says that the bill that passed yesterday pertains to the Prime Minister is lying through his teeth”. According to Haaretz, his party, Kulanu, decided to vote in favour of the recommendations bill because of threats from Coalition Chairman MK Bitan that Netanyahu would call early elections if the bill was blocked.  Commenting in Yediot Ahronot, Shimon Shiffer writes: “Kahlon is the biggest loser from the personal legislation efforts to save the Prime Minister — who is suspected of taking bribes, fraud and breach of trust… public servants have the right to try to enact policies, even if the opposition objects. But Kahlon needs to bear in mind that he is judged every day by his voters, who are attentive to the promises he makes and are embarrassed by what appears to them to be his flip-flopping. That behaviour, so it would appear, makes the public realize that his words are worthless and, as a consequence, his party is liable to disappear in the next elections.”

Haaretz report King Abdullah of Jordan’s visit to  Washington. Abdullah met with Pence, as well as National Security Adviser H R McMaster; Trump’s Senior Adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, US Special Representative for International Negotiations. His discussions with Kushner and Greenblatt reportedly focused on the peace process, while the meeting with McMaster touched on “regional issues of concern”. Jordanian media outlets reported that during the meetings, Abdullah warned that “failure to reach a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause will fuel further extremism and violence in the Middle East”.

Army Radio report that Israeli security forces have begun to evict people from structures in the settlement outpost of Netiv Haavot in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem. There are around 100 settlers trying to prevent the destruction of a carpentry workshop. The High Court ruled that the carpentry workshop, a memorial for fallen IDF soldiers, and 15 homes were partially built on private Palestinian land.  The homes are slated for demolition by March 2018, but the razing of the two non-residential buildings was ordered to be carried out earlier.

 Haaretz reveals former Secretary of State John Kerry said both Israel and Egypt pushed the United States to “bomb Iran” before the 2015 nuclear deal was agreed.

 Maariv reports that there is a suspicion of arson following an initial investigation into the explosion in Jaffa that killed three people.