BBC News Online reports that UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has appeared on  Fox News’s Fox and Friends, the favourite morning television show of US President Donald Trump, and implored him not to withdraw the US from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal with Iran.

The Telegraph, Independent and Guardian report that Trump will announce today whether he will waive sanctions on Iran, which the Telegraph claims would be tantamount to “effectively killing off the 2015 agreement”. Trump had set a deadline of 12 May for what he termed the “disastrous flaws” of the deal to be fixed, or else he would not waive US sanctions. However, he now seems to have brought the decision forwards.

The Telegraph also includes an opinion piece by Rob Crilly examining how Iran will look to exert its influence across the Middle East if Trump elects not to waive sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

Writing in the Telegraph, former Foreign Secretary Lord Willaim Hague said that a US withdrawal from the JCPOA would have ramifications for America’s reputation for committing to its international agreements and asked why North Korea would consider signing an agreement with the US if they terminate the deal with Iran.

BBC News Online also reports that rebel fighters have begun leaving the last major besieged enclave in Syria. Under a deal with the Syrian regime’s allies, Russia, the rebels have been given safe passage from their current pocket between Homs and Damascus to opposition-controlled territory in northern Syria.

BBC News Online reports that Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources, Yuval Steinitz, has warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that Israel could topple his regime if he allows Iranian forces to attack Israel from Syria. Steinitz, who sits on Israel’s Security Cabinet, said Assad “must know that it is his end and the end of his regime” should Iran attack Israel from Syria.

The Guardian and Reuters report that Paraguay plans to follow the US in moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Daily Mail reports that the first road signs have been put up in Jerusalem for the new US Embassy, which is due to open on the 14 May.

BBC News Online and the Telegraph reports that Hezbollah have claimed a victory in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, the first that the country has held since 2009. Although the official results have yet to be announced, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said their electoral gains guaranteed the protection of the “resistance” against Israel. Sunni Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s Western-backed Future Movement has reportedly lost a third of its seats, but Hariri is still expected to form a unity government.

The Independent reports that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is reportedly enraged by the participation of teams from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in the Israel leg of the 2018 Giro d’Italia. The Palestinian Olympic Committee called their participation in the race, the first of cyclings major Grant Tours to feature stages outside Europe, “a stab in the back to the great sacrifices made by the Palestinian people”.

BICOM CEO James Sorene discussed US President Donald Trump’s impending decision on the Iran nuclear deal with Adrian Goldberg on BBC Radio 5 Live.

In the Israeli media, Haaretz, Maariv and Yediot Ahronot report on criticisms of the so-called “override clause,” a legal technicality which would allow the Knesset to re-introduce a law if struck down by the High Court of Justice.

Israeli Supreme Court Justice Esther Hayut said that “the proposal is bad and dangerous and could cause irreparable damage to Israel in the international arena as well”. She also said: “The meaning of enacting the override clause is simple – doing away with the constitutional protection of human rights anchored in Israel in Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, and opening the door to passing laws that undermine these rights without the court being able to offer relief to those who were harmed.”  Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked of the Jewish Home countered the criticism of them by saying: “Once a week a heavenly voice comes out and declares that the State of Israel is marching towards the end of democracy. If an alien landed here, it might believe that Israeli democracy is so fragile that it will collapse in one moment… I am sorry to disappoint the eulogizers, but go out and take a look. Israeli democracy is alive, breathing and kicking, and it is stronger than all its critics and all its eulogizers.” The Kulanu party is opposed to the clause, which seems unlikely to be passed by the Knesset and may not even be brought to a vote.

i24 News reports that Elor Azaria, the former IDF soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a disarmed Palestinian assailant, was freed from prison after serving two-thirds of a 14-month sentence.

Maariv reports that ahead of Ramadan, which is due to begin on the evening of the 15 May, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has accepted the recommendations of the IDF and the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) to decide on a series of relief measures for Palestinians in the West Bank. Among other things, the security establishment will provide 100,000 permits for residents of the West Bank to visit family in Israel. COGAT head Maj. Gen. (res.) Kamil Abu Rokon spoke with senior PA officials and with members of the international community regarding the expected measures.

Kan Radio News reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Israel for Cyprus this morning for a three-way meeting with the President of Cyprus and the Prime Minister of Greece. The three leaders are set to discuss the project to lay a natural gas pipeline from Israel to Cyprus and from there to Greece and Western Europe. i24 News reports that in a joint press conference, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said the Iranian threat to Israel is also a threat to Cyprus. Netanyahu was due to leave tomorrow for Moscow for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he has now cut the visit to Cyprus short to return to Israel due to security tension in Israel. Netanyahu will fly to Moscow from Israel tomorrow.

Kan Radio News reports that PA President Mahmoud Abbas said last night that he wished to resume negotiations with Israel based on the decisions of the international community.

The Times of Israel reports that opposition forces in southern Syria arrested a number of suspected Hezbollah members in the past week, including one man who said he was awaiting orders to fire rockets at Israel.

Haaretz and Israel Hayom report that Israeli aroma and fragrance company Frutarom has been sold for $7bn.

Israel Hayom and the Jerusalem Post report that a square near the new US Embassy will be named after Donald Trump.

Yediot Ahronot previews the Eurovision song contest and wishes good luck to Israel’s entry.