Aznavour dies; was honored by Israel for WWII resistance * Iran fires missile into Syria, warns Israel, US * 10 top UNRWA staff flee Gaza to Israel * Chagall’s art school

Aznavour dies; was honored by Israel for WWII resistance * Iran fires missile into Syria, warns Israel, US * 10 top UNRWA staff flee Gaza to Israel * Chagall’s art school

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THE DAILY EDITIONMonday, October 1, 2018

Legendary French singer Charles Aznavour dies aged 94 BY FIACHRA GIBBONS Family of ‘French Sinatra’ were heroes of Resistance against Nazi occupation of France in World War II; Israel honored him last year for their efforts to protect Jews and others

From our archives / Aznavour given award for family efforts to save Jews in WWII BY AFP

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches missiles into Syria over parade attack BY AGENCIES AND TOI STAFF Fatalities reported; drones also assault Syrian territory; state TV says missiles bear slogans ‘Death to America, Death to Israel, Death to Al Saud’

Iranian FM: Holocaust no excuse for Israel’s ‘apartheid policy in Palestine’ BY TOI STAFF Germany approves extradition of Iranian diplomat over alleged bomb plot BY AFP AND TOI STAFF

UNRWA evacuates 10 top officials from Gaza to Israel amid fears for their safety BY TOI STAFF In a rare move, the international workers taken through a closed checkpoint after death threats and harassment from employees

Indonesian city begins burying its dead as toll tops 840 BY NINIEK KARMINI Death count from earthquake and tsunami expected to rise as remote areas reached; EU and 10 other countries have offered aid

Indonesia calls for international help as tsunami victims buried BY AFP Indonesian airport employee lauded as hero for sacrificing self to save plane BY AGENCIES

A DIFFERENT TROIKA After the Russian Revolution, Chagall ran an art school for the proletariat BY CATHRYN J. PRINCE

Palestinians, Arab Israelis hold general protest strike over nation-state law BY TOI STAFF AND AGENCIES On anniversary of deadly 2000 riots, residents of West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem demonstrate in solidarity with Arab Israelis who say law turns them into second class citizens

Evacuation deadline passes for West Bank Bedouin village slated for demolition BY TOI STAFF AND AGENCIES

A series of withdrawals leave no women in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem mayoral races BY TOI STAFF

FBI interviews Kavanaugh accuser; Yale friend remembers judge as heavy drinker BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE AND MICHAEL BALSAMO White House insists it isn’t ‘micromanaging’ investigation as Republicans and Democrats bicker over probe’s scope

Kavanaugh case unfolds as DeVos readies campus sexual assault rule BY MARIA DANILOVA Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway: ‘I’m a victim of sexual assault’ BY AFP

Candidate who suggested Trump wants ‘superior race’ stirs up Wisconsin elections BY SCOTT BAUER Mandela Barnes, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, has been accused by Republican critics of comparing US president to Nazis

Hate messages again painted at home of supporters of Jewish NJ candidate BY JTA

TOP OPS

DAN MOSKOVITZ The Kavanaugh hearing and your permanent record When the integrity of the court and due process are at stake, the wisdom of Solomon should prevail NATHAN LOPES CARDOZO Simchat Torah and the outdated Torah scroll Judaism welcomes technological advances, but our holiest book is written the old-fashioned way: by hand with a quill on parchment

Connecticut lawyer, 99, will retire ‘when they carry me out of here’ BY PAT EATON-ROBB

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US, Japanese scientists win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy breakthrough BY AFP Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat wins gold at World Cup Challenge BY TOI STAFF Toddler in critical condition after being stung by scorpion in Negev BY TOI STAFF Germany arrests 7 suspected far-right extremists in Chemnitz BY FRANK JORDANS Sappers neutralize suspected incendiary balloon device in Modiin BY TOI STAFF Colombian man, 70, caught at Ben Gurion Airport smuggling cocaine in pants BY TOI STAFF Foreigner assaulted in Berlin in alleged anti-Semitic incident BY JTA

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