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What Matters Most On Sunday, September 1, 2013

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, August 25, 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu warns enemies not to test Israel’s strength

By Gavriel Fiske

At cabinet meeting, PM chides ministers who attacked Obama’s decision to turn to Congress ahead of Syria strike

‘Obama went solo on giving Congress vote, text of draft’

By Joshua Davidovich

AnalysisObama’s credibility on line in reversal

AnalysisReading Washington: What is Obama up to?

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport, March 20, 2013 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Analysis

Obama shows Netanyahu that Israel is truly alone

By Avi Issacharoff

In Syria, Iran and Lebanon, the president’s decision to seek Congressional approval for a military strike is recognized as proof of weakness and hesitancy. In Jerusalem, too

The shrinking presidency

By giving Congress the say on whether to strike against Syria, Obama diminished the powers of his office, now and forever

Ban poison gas? Definitely

Although more Syrians have been killed with guns than with chemicals, punishing Damascus for the poison still makes sense

Danielle Spiegel Feld

Syria and the peace talks

A strike on Syria is not at all certain to derail Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and may even give them a boost

File: A view of the walls of the Old City and the Mamilla shopping mall (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Hamas terror attack thwarted in Jerusalem

By Gavriel Fiske

Two residents of East Jerusalem admit to planning bombing at Mamilla Mall, slated to take place over the holidays

Airplanes seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 14, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

El Al nabs ring of thieving baggage handlers at JFK

After installing camera in airplane’s hold, airline finds seven men at New York airport making off with passengers’ valuables

African migrants in south Tel Aviv (illustrative photo: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

No African migrants entered Israel in August

By Gavriel Fiske

168 migrants from Sudan and Eritrea voluntarily left the country last month, Interior Ministry says

View of the village of Daburiyya (photo credit: CC BY Wikipedia)

Galilee man shoots 5, takes own life

By Gavriel Fiske

Husband, wife and another man found dead Sunday morning; three daughters, aged 8-16, and another woman seriously wounded; two daughters later die

Bashar and Asma Assad (photo credit: AP/SANA)

From the web

As Syria implodes, Mrs. Assad goes online shopping

Marie Antoinette-style, president’s wife Asma is splashing out on chandeliers, Western food and fitness fads, the Daily Mail reports

President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden as he makes a statement about Syria in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Obama says he’ll seek Congress okay to act in Syria

US president says he’s ready to strike against Assad regime for its use of chemical weapons, but thinks it right to get approval from Capitol Hill. Israeli analyst says president’s apparent hesitancy will give Netanyahu nightmares about thwarting Iran

A cartoon rendition of the "French Connection" hack attack (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Ukrainian RATS, Israeli MiFis, and a French connection tell a tale of cyber-insecurity

By David Shamah

Illustrative: Ruby-red Rosh Pered pomegranates, growing near Binyamina, just north of Caesaraea (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Top Five

The poetic goodness of pomegranates

By Jessica Steinberg

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The Schusterman Family Foundation wins break-out video of the year with 'Come Together and Rock Hashanah.' (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Viva la videoReeling out Rosh Hashanah

By Renee Ghert-Zand

A screenshot from 'Wake Up World' (photo credit: Courtesy of G-dcast)

Hi-tech holidayShofar? There’s an app for that

By Renee Ghert-Zand

US President Barack Obama delivers remarks about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Hebrew media reviewWaiting for Congress

By Aaron Kalman

A Syrian immigrant who lives in Bulgaria observes a minute of silence during a demonstration in front of the European Commission Representation office in Sofia, Bulgaria, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Valentina Petrova)

Arabic media reviewAmerican hesitancy on Syria meets Arab criticism

By Elhanan Miller

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