The BBC and Daily Telegraph report that US President Donald Trump has announced he will visit Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Vatican this month in his first foreign trip as President. The Daily Telegraph reports that Trump, in a speech at the White House on Thursday, outlined his intention to use the visit to build cooperation between Muslims, Christians and Jews in the fight against terrorism.

The i reports that Trump will visit Saudi Arabia first in a bid to show his commitment to improving US relations with the Muslim world. Trump remarked at the White House yesterday: “We will begin to construct a new foundation of cooperation and support with our Muslim allies.”

The i reports that some Israeli politicians have called for the UN to be expelled from Jerusalem following UNESCO’s adoption of a resolution on Tuesday that rejects Israel’s sovereignty over the city’s holy sites.

The Guardian reports that Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has made a surprise visit to Gaza as part of his 12 day tour of the Holy Land.

All the Israeli papers note the formal announcement that Trump will be visiting Israel this month. Maariv declares it “Trump’s Peace Tour,”  while Israel Hayom notes the visit will require “Unprecedented Security”. According to Israel Radio there is currently no plan to hold a trilateral meeting between Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and PA Chairman Abu Mazen.

The Israeli media prominently cover the investigations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, all quoting the prosecutor who said: “Hundreds of thousands of shekels are not a gift from a friend.”  The suggestion is that the State Attorney’s Office may recommend Netanyahu be indicted for receiving favours. According to Maariv, sources speaking for the Prime Minister responded that “there is no basis to [the] claim that there was anything improper in the relationship between the Prime Minister and his friends”, and added that “during all these years there were no vested interests and nothing was given in return”.

Haaretz reports that the Trump administration has chosen Kris Bauman, an Air Force colonel and expert on the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, to replace Yael Lempert as the National Security Council’s lead official  for Israeli-Palestinian issues.

Yediot Ahronot covers the ongoing hunger strike by Palestinian security prisoners, now in its 18^th day.  Despite around 100 prisoners dropping out, two of the most notorious terrorists joined yesterday; PFLP Secretary General Ahmed Saadat, who planned the murder of the late Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi, and Abbas al-Sayed from Hamas, who planned the terror attack at the Park Hotel in Netanya on Passover in 2002 that killed 30 people.

Maariv reveals officials are looking into the option of bringing in physicians from abroad to force-feed hunger striking security prisoners if they refuse treatment by Israeli doctors. The Chairman of the Israel Medical Association called this a “delusional and unfeasible idea”. Israel Hayom say the prison service are looking into harsher punishments for those on hunger strike.

Yediot Ahronot report on an initiative by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin to formally apply all governmental legislation to Judea and Samaria.   According to the existing legal situation, Israeli law does not apply in the territories, but the OC Central Command, who is sovereign in the territory, applies some of the laws to the Jewish residents by means of military orders.

Yediot Ahronot confirms that German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has promised not to meet with members of Breaking the Silence when he visits Israel next week.