The Telegraph and Guardian both report comments made yesterday by US President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting with New York Times correspondents. Trump said: “I would love to be the one who made peace with Israel and the Palestinians.” He also indicated that his son-in-law Jared Kushner could play a key, informal role in such talks.

The Independent says that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a directive to his cabinet asking that they do not contact members of Trump’s team without the permission of his office or Israel’s Embassy in Washington. The move comes after public statements from several government ministers following Trump’s election.

The i reports that members of Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo’s entourage were involved in a road accident while travelling from Ben Gurion International Airport to Jerusalem on their arrival in Israel and that two required medical attention.

The Independent covers an interview given by Turkey’s President Erdogan to Israel’s Channel Two earlier this week. Erdogan repeated a previous comparison between Hitler’s actions and Israel’s military activities in Gaza, saying it was “inappropriate to ask who was the more barbarous”.

The Times reports that Turkey has said that the Free Syrian Army, which it backs, could attack the Syrian city of Manbij, which is being held by the US-backed and Kurdish dominated Syrian Democratic Forces. This move would drive a wedge within the rebel alliance facing President Assad’s regime. The Financial Times online says that Assad’s forces are using “surrender or starve” tactics within rebel-held towns.

The Times, Metro and Sun all cover a study at Tel Aviv University, which indicates that workers who are more agreeable and accommodating earn less than their assertive colleagues, especially among women.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom all include yesterday’s brush fires in several locations in northern and central Israel. Entire neighbourhoods were evacuated in some places, while homes were destroyed and some injuries reported. There have been no deaths reported. Israel Hayom’s front page headline reads “Fighting for their homes,” while the top headline in Yediot Ahronot praises the “Firefighter heroes”.

The top item in Haaretz, which is also covered in Yediot Ahronot is the latest developments in the submarine affair, in which it is claimed that the purchase of three German submarines was influenced by the business interests of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawyer. Maariv says that Netanyahu has backed the lawyer in question, David Shimron. Channel Ten reported yesterday that Shimron did correspond with the Defence Ministry in 2014 and invoked Netanyahu’s name when requesting that a tender for submarines be cancelled. Israel Radio news says that Netanyahu has denied ever speaking to Shimron about the issue.

Maariv reports that a special Knesset committee set up to discuss draft legislation to retroactively legalise West Bank settlement outposts including Amona, met for the first time yesterday. The Knesset’s legal advisor warned that the legislation could be interpreted as de facto annexation of West Bank territory, while senior Zionist Union leader Tzipi Livni cautioned that it could lead to charges by the International Criminal Court. Likud MK Yoav Kisch assured that the bill is merely designed to provide a solution for residents of the Amona outpost, who face court-ordered eviction by 25 December, following a ruling that homes were built on private Palestinian land.

Israel Radio news says that President Reuven Rivlin will ask Turkey to intervene and use its influence on Hamas to push for the return of the bodies of two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.