Previewing today’s meeting between Prime Minister Theresa May and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in London, the Telegraph says that talks will focus largely on strengthening bilateral relations. The Financial Times, Guardian and Daily Mail all report that Netanyahu hopes to persuade May to more actively oppose Iran’s “defiant aggression” in the region. The Times says that May will reiterate the government’s opposition to Israeli construction in the West Bank. The i covers comments by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who said that such rhetoric is “not good enough” and called for a firmer stance.

A Times editorial says that May could have an important role to play with Israel and in the wider region. It suggests that if she can “find a path of coherent but critical engagement,” then “she may discover that her voice carries unusual authority on this most sensitive of topics”.

Writing in the i and Independent, Kim Sengupta cautions that in “rushing to ingratiate herself to Mr Trump” in her positions on Israel and the region, May could be in “danger of boxing herself into a corner”.

The Times also includes a feature on Israeli settlers in the West Bank who “dream of a new era under Trump”. However, the article notes that last week’s statement from the White House, which described settlements as unhelpful, although not an impediment to peace, has worked to “dampen the euphoria”.

The Guardian reports that sculptor Anish Kapoor has been awarded the £800,000 Genesis Prize, known as the “Jewish Nobel” and has said that he will use it to “speak out against indifference for the suffering of others”. The prize is awarded in Jerusalem and head of the prize committee, Jewish Agency for Israel head Natan Sharansky is quoted calling Kapoor’s message “clear, powerful and inspiring”.

The Telegraph online covers comments made by an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander who claimed that Iran will use missiles if it feels its security is threatened.

The Times online says that US-backed Syrian rebels are preparing to launch a campaign to oust ISIS from its stronghold of Raqqa.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom is an impending vote in the Knesset on second and third readings for the controversial Regulation Bill. The legislation would retroactively hand residents the right to live in West Bank outposts which were built illegally on private Palestinian land. Prime Minister Netanyahu said yesterday that he wants to postpone the vote until after his upcoming visit to the White House. Naftali Bennett, whose Jewish Home party spearheaded the legislation, is insisting on a Knesset vote this evening. Maariv and Haaretz highlight Netanyahu’s accusation that Bennett is issuing “phony ultimatums”.

Maariv prominently reports another legislative initiative, proposed by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, which would curtail private legislation by MKs in exchange for expanding the Knesset’s oversight authorities over the government. Shaked and Levin say that it would aid the passage of quality legislation, while opponents argue that it is an attempt by the government to silence opposition.

Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom all highlight the announcement yesterday by Zionist Union MK Shelly Yachimovich that she will challenge the incumbent Avi Nissenkorn as head of the influential Histadrut Workers’ Union. The decision effectively rules Yachimovich out of the running to