Media Summary
Supreme Court rule Netanyahu must disclose meetings with Adelson
The Times reports on the ongoing corruption investigation surrounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meetings with Israel Hayom proprietor Sheldon Adelson and the decision by the Israeli Supreme Court to uphold a lower court’s ruling compelling Netanyahu to reveal the logs of his phone conversations with Adelson.
The Times also reports on King Abdullah of Jordan’s meeting with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah yesterday to discuss the recent al-Aqsa crisis.
Both the i and Metro cover Al Jazeera’s response to Israel’s plans to shutter the organisation’s Jerusalem bureau, with the agency condemning the move as an “undemocratic” attack on press freedom.
In business news, the FT reports on the purchase of a $1.5bn controlling interest in Israel’s Netafim irrigation company by Mexican chemical group Mexichem’s. The purchase was motivated by the increased demand for Netafim’s micro-irrigation technology as a result of worsening climatic conditions around the world.
Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom all cover the helicopter crash Monday evening that killed the pilot and seriously injured his co-pilot.
Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz and Jerusalem Post also report that the attorney general is preparing to indict Sara Netanyahu on four separate allegations of using hundreds of thousands of shekels of state funds for private use. Mrs Netanyahu is suspected of having illegally gotten the state to cover expenses that she should have covered personally in several cases, and also allegedly violated civil service protocol in other cases.
The Times of Israel reports that Nikki Haley seeks UNIFIL oversight over Hezbollah to “prevent the spread of illegal arms” on Israel’s border.
Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz report that the Supreme Court upheld a Jerusalem District Court ruling obliging Prime Minister Netanyahu to disclose the times and dates of his conversations with Sheldon Adelson, the American billionaire who owns Israel Hayom.
Kan Radio News reports that the military court of appeals will this morning review Elor Azaria’s request to postpone the start of his prison sentence until the chief of staff’s decision on his request for clemency.
Maariv reports on its front page that living costs in Israel are higher than in other OECD countries.
The Jerusalem Post reports comments by Hamas that it has ‘opened a new page’ in relations with Iran.