* Snap election threat off the table after renegade Meretz MK's about-face: Three days after her dramatic resignation, Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi reverses course and returns to shaky coalition following a meeting with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Arab leaders. (Yediot Aharonot, Haaretz)
* Israel claims assassinated Iranian official behind plot to kidnap Israelis: Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodayar who was shot dead in Tehran on Sunday planned the abduction of Israelis, Israeli security sources said late on Sunday. (Yediot Aharonot, Haaretz)
* Israeli Court Temple Mount Ruling Marks 'Dangerous Escalation,' Hamas Says: A Jerusalem lower court judge overturned an order that kept three Jewish men from the Temple Mount after they recited a prayer at the holy site. 'There is no plan to change the status quo on the Temple Mount,' Bennett's office says. (Yediot Aharonot, Haaretz)
* Sponge-tipped Bullet Didn't Kill Palestinian in Al-Aqsa Clashes, Probe Finds: The Palestinian who died during last month’s unrest on the Temple Mount wasn’t hit by a sponge-tipped bullet, an investigation into his death concluded. Al-Sharif, 21, of East Jerusalem, collapsed last month while fleeing from the Temple Mount after police stormed it and was taken to the hospital with mortal injuries. (Yediot Aharonot, Haaretz)
* Plans for 2 Tel Aviv Metro lines approved by ministerial c'ttee: After three years of planning work, Israel's inter-ministerial committee on internal affairs, services, and planning today approved two of the four plans for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Metro: M1 southern section, and the M3 line. In the 2022 budget, the government has allocated NIS 6 billion for what will be Israel's largest ever transport infrastructure project. In 2023, NTA will begin progress towards works including requisitioning properties and clearing land. (Globes)
