The Times reports fears of a “new Palestinian uprising” following a bloody day yesterday which saw three Israelis killed in four separate terror attacks yesterday morning. The Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Daily Mirror, Evening Standard and Independent i also cover the attacks, which included two stabbings in the central city of Ra’anana, a combined vehicle and knife attack in central Jerusalem and a shooting and stabbing attack on a Jerusalem bus.

The Guardian highlights Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to take tough action to combat the violence. Last night, Israel’s security cabinet approved new measures to this end, including restricting movement where necessary of residents from East Jerusalem, where many of the attackers live. The Times highlights the prominent role played by social media in stoking the current violence among Palestinians. The Financial Times notes that the attacks have caught not only Israel, but Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas off guard. The Sun reports that one of the terrorists who carried out yesterday’s bus attack in Jerusalem was disarmed by a passenger using a selfie stick. Meanwhile, BICOM Senior Visiting Fellow Mike Herzog is quoted in the Times, Telegraph and Financial Times, playing down similarities between the current violence and previous intifadas while highlighting the lack of PA credibility among many Palestinians.

In the Telegraph, Israel’s Acting Ambassador to the UK, Eitan Na’eh writes an op-ed in which he explains that the root of the violence is a deep-seated refusal to accept Jewish self-determination. He points out that supposed threats to Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque have been used as an excuse for Arab violence as far back as the 1920s.

The Guardian, Financial Times, Independent i, Evening Standard and City AM all report that Iran’s parliament, which is widely regarded as an especially conservative body, yesterday endorsed July’s nuclear deal with the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). It paves the way for the agreement’s adoption day on 18 October, when the accord will come into effect. However, the International Atomic Energy Agency will first be required to verify that Iran is taking steps required before the deal is implemented.

The Guardian says that the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra has called for attacks in Russia, following Moscow’s deployment in Syria. The Independent reports that rebels yesterday shelled the Russian Embassy in Damascus. Meanwhile, City AM says that President Assad’s forces and Hezbollah fighters are preparing for an assault on Aleppo with the help of Russia air support.

The Israeli media is fully focused on yesterday’s bloody events and their aftermath. Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz focus on the four terror attacks which saw three Israelis murdered in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Maariv and Israel Hayom devote their top headlines to the security cabinet measures adopted yesterday to combat the violence, in particular the deployment of IDF forces in order to boost the existing police presence in Israeli cities where tension is likely. In commentary surrounding the measures, Ben Caspit in Maariv says that, “The security steps that Netanyahu is now taking are correct. He is showing restraint and acting carefully. The problem is not what he is doing now. It is everything that he has done until now. Someone who sanctifies the status quo and does nothing will later suffer the consequences.”

Haaretz reports that 20,000 people gathered in the northern Arab town of Sakhnin yesterday to protest against the government and in support of the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The protest came amid a general strike across Arab communities in Israel, which saw businesses and schools closed. Israel Radio news notes that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday appealed to Arab Israelis not to be deceived by those attempting to incite them.

Meanwhile, Israel Radio news also reports that rocks were thrown at Israeli civilians and soldiers in a number of incidents yesterday in the West Bank and in Arab areas within the pre-1967 borders.