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What Matters Most On Saturday, August 31, 2013

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US President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Monday, June 17, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)

Putin demands US present proof of Syria chemical weapons use

By Ricky Ben-David and AP

Russian president calls allegations against Assad regime ‘utter nonsense’; delivery of fighter jets, S-300 missiles to Syria reportedly suspended

Syrian official: We expect attack at any moment

By AP and ToI Staff

UN inspectors leave Syria as US stations 6th warship in Mediterranean

By AP and ToI Staff

From the webFacebook post said to be by Assad’s son dares US to attack

US Secretary of State John Kerry (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak/File)

Kerry: We know Assad killed 1,429 of his own people and we say, ‘Never again’

By Yoel Goldman

How we respond matters to Israel and other close friends, says secretary. Failure to retaliate would embolden Iran, diminish US deterrence against Hezbollah, N. Korea

US intel knew Assad regime was preparing chemical attack 3 days in advance

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Obama considering ‘limited, narrow’ action against Assad

By AP and ToI Staff

Full text of Kerry’s statement on Syria

Amidst the atrocities — compassion and decency

A visit to Ziv Hospital, where wounded Syrians are being treated with humanity and decency

The absence of moral outrage

Without real action, the use of chemical agents against civilian population will soon become just another fact of life

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters and lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 25, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Erdogan says limited response not enough, wants Assad gone

Turkish PM rejects ’24 hour hit-and-run,’ calls for Kosovo-style air campaign

Amos Yadlin, former director of military intelligence, January 2012. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

Putin can prevent US attack on Syria, says ex-Israeli intelligence chief

If Assad fears the US is going to strike hard, and Russia offers to take out his chemical weapons, Obama could claim a genuine achievement, says Amos Yadlin

Illustrative photo of Israeli security personnel in chemical protection suits training during a chemical attack exercise in 2007. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Analysis

This time, for Assad, something went terribly wrong

By Avi Issacharoff

Explosion near IDF patrol on Gaza border

No injuries reported; Gaza terrorists to blame, says IDF spokesperson

A general view of Iran's parliament in Tehran, Aug. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iranian parliamentary delegation heads to Damascus

Islamic Republic sends message of support to Assad, condemns ‘use of chemical weapons by terrorist groups’

Supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi run for cover from tear gas fired by police (not seen), during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, on August 30, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Six killed, dozens injured in Egypt clashes

By ToI Staff and AP

Muslim Brotherhood supporters take to the streets in large numbers following relatively low turnout earlier in the day

Rafa Nadal, volleying away The Times of Israel's Jewish question at Flushing Meadows on Thursday (photo credit: Howard Blas)

Reporter's notebook

Nadal smashes away talk of Jewish roots

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Ukraine plans to reopen old airport for Uman pilgrims

By JTA

Stockholm. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Obama to visit Stockholm synagogue on Rosh Hashanah

By JTA

European Jewish Culture Day comes to The Hague

By JTA

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (photo credit: CC BY The National Guard, Flickr)

US Jewish organizations get $9m. for ‘homeland security’

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Illustrative. A person in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Police arrest two in Paris Chabad molestation probe

By JTA

In this Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, photo, a Syrian youth who fled his home because of Syria’s civil war prepares tea in the kitchen of the Kertaj Hotel in Damascus, Syria. Thousands of Syrians have taken refuge in the capital from fighting around their hometowns. Around a dozen families living for months in the Kertaj Hotel and say it has become like a home to them. (Photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)

Damascus hotel a home for Syrians displaced by war

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