Terror in NYC: Argentinian Jew among 8 dead. Killer linked to IS; Balfour Dec. disputed on centenary; Hamas hands over Gaza borders; Bats have accents

Terror in NYC: Argentinian Jew among 8 dead. Killer linked to IS; Balfour Dec. disputed on centenary; Hamas hands over Gaza borders; Bats have accents

TERROR IN MANHATTAN Jewish man among 5 Argentinians killed in New York attack BY TOI STAFF AND AP Eight friends were in the city to visit former high school classmate when they were caught in truck-ramming

Investigators scour driver’s background in NYC truck attack BY COLLEEN LONG AND MATT SEDENSKY Hebrew media review / The terror and tunnel crowd BY JOSHUA DAVIDOVICH

Note by NY truck driver claims attack for Islamic State BY TOI STAFF AND AP Uber says suspect was one of its drivers; video shows Sayfullo Saipov waving fake guns upon exiting vehicle; 6 of the dead are foreign nationals

After New York attack, Trump rails against Islamic State BY TOI STAFF AND AGENCIES Trump faults Senator Chuck Schumer for New York attack BY TOI STAFF AND AGENCIES

ANALYSISALAN D. ABBEY AND BENJAMIN EMMERICH Balfour Declaration: A century old and as disputed as ever Researchers at the Shalom Hartman Institute dive into what the media is and isn’t saying about the British letter’s meaning and impact upon its 100th anniversary

Decrying Balfour centenary, Abbas warns of one-state solution BY RAPHAEL AHREN UN plan calls for $18m to aid Palestinian legal efforts against Israel BY ERIC CORTELLESSA

BRITISH-ISRAELI HISTORY Ahead of Balfour 100, UK enshrines Churchill’s headstrong case for Israel BY ROBERT PHILPOT A new permanent exhibition highlights the British PM’s unflinching support for the Jewish state — even under heavy pressure from his government

LIVE UPDATES Netanyahu condemns New York attack, says unity will defeat ‘plague of terrorism’ BY TAMAR PILEGGI PM extends condolences to victims of truck-ramming that left 8 dead, 12 injured

Rabin’s murder ‘ripped the fabric of Israeli democracy,’ president says BY TOI STAFF As state commemorations begin for anniversary of the 1995 assassination, Rivlin tells nation, ‘We have been trying to heal the breach ever since’

Hamas hands over all Gaza border crossings to the PA BY DOV LIEBER Move by terror group seen as a key step in advancing the ongoing intra-Palestinian reconciliation process

Islamic Jihad doesn’t want to rain on the reconciliation parade BY AVI ISSACHAROFF Exploded tunnel was dug for soldier abductions, Gaza terror leader says BY DOV LIEBER

Bats have regional accents, Israeli study shows BY AFP Tel Aviv University researcher says different dialects rare among non-humans, variations comparable to London versus Scottish accents

INTERVIEW Black and white ‘1945’ shows Jews in post-war Hungary faced a rainbow of gray BY JORDAN HOFFMAN

TOP OPS

SHOSHANA MAEL Death at Starbucks A random group of patrons connected in the face of tragedy — an object lesson for the Jewish community HOWARD FELDMAN Is my kippah too tight? I broke (a small part of) the internet when I attempted race-blindness in South Africa RACHEL STOMEL Immigrants: We get the job done Have Americans been conditioned to waltz into other countries and tell everyone how to run things better? MALYNNDA LITTKY Apropos joint custody: Equal isn’t equal A straight comparison of time and salary ignores the invisible costs to mothers

Remembering the soldiers who liberated Beersheba and galloped into history BY TAMAR PILEGGI 100 years on, the descendants of the audacious ANZAC assault on Ottoman forces entrenched in the Negev reenact the battle that enabled the British to advance into Palestine

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