The Guardian reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump have spoken by telephone to discuss Trump’s visit to Israel next week.

The Independent reports that President Trump has abandoned plan to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. This follows White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s comments earlier this week: “We don’t think it would be wise to do it at this time… we’re not looking to provoke anyone when everyone’s playing really nice.”

The BBC reports that Israel has said that ties with the US have not been damaged by the claims that President Donald Trump gave Russia classified information provided by Israeli intelligence. However, former US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro has said that if true, the revelations could have a “chilling effect” on intelligence-sharing between the countries.

The i features an analysis of President Trump’s Middle East policy ahead of his visits to Saudi Arabia and Israel that assesses the impact of his domestic political problems on his ability to conduct foreign policy in the region.

The focus of all the Israeli media remains on the upcoming visit of President Trump.  Yediot Ahronot follow the planning and reveals that Israeli officials engaged in the preparation are in complete chaos: “The Americans always used to conduct themselves like a superpower. They were thorough, fully prepared weeks in advance and well-briefed. The Americans always used to gaze on scornfully at the Israelis as they improvised on the fly. This time the roles have been reversed: the Israelis are stunned by the Americans’ conduct.”  According to the paper, “Three issues cast a pall on the visit: the reports about Trump’s leak to the Russian Foreign Minister; the possibility of a summit meeting with Netanyahu and Abu Mazen; and the refusal of senior American officials to formally say that the Western Wall belongs to Israel and to disavow the statements that were made by American officials in Israel as if the Western Wall were in ‘the territory of the West Bank’”.

Yediot Ahronot contrast the plans with Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia: “The Sunni countries have embraced Trump and aren’t going to let go until they hear pop, pop—the sound of the Shiite-Russian-Alawite alliance breaking… the Saudis are going to welcome the president of the United States as if he were a god”.

All the Israeli papers continue to focus on the fallout of the intelligence leak.  Maariv claims that according to US sources there is concern that the leak could endanger an agent working on behalf of Israel.  However, in their analysis the paper suggests “if any intelligence damage were caused, it was on a small-scale, and that intelligence cooperation between Israel and the United States is as strong and solid as ever”. Haaretz reports that Israel will be clarifying with the US the nature of the information shared with the Russians. Israel Hayom is also confident “intelligence cooperation will not be adversely impacted”.

Yediot Ahronot also report that the Israel State Archives has authorised the release of thousands of documents, recordings, and testimonies from events during the Six-Day War.  One of the revelations indicate that the security cabinet agreed after the war that the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights would be returned for a full peace, but that Jerusalem would not be re-partitioned.

Kan Radio (the new public broadcaster) report that 130 security prisoners on hunger strike in Nafha and Ketziot Prisons have been transferred to Eshel Prison so that they will be closer to Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva. Some 840 security prisoners have been on hunger strike for a month, two of which have been taken to hospital.

Maariv and Yediot Ahronot prominently cover Culture Minister Miri Regev on the red carpet at the Cannes film festival wearing a dress with a print of the skyline of the Old City of Jerusalem.