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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 3, 2013

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A NATO Sea Sparrow missile is launched during a live-fire self-defense missile exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman in 2004. (Photo credit: Petty Officer 2nd class Jason P. Taylor/US Navy, Department of Defense).

Israel shoots test missile over sea, raising alarms

By Joshua Davidovich and Mitch Ginsburg

Defense Ministry reports successful launch of Sparrow target missile in joint drill with US, after Russia radar detects objects, triggering alert in skittish region

Hezbollah said to mobilize troops ahead of possible showdown

By Aaron Kalman

Assad warns attacking Syria could ignite regional war

By Aaron Kalman and Raphael Ahren

Poll: Brits agree with Parliament decision against Syria strike

By Adiv Sterman

President Barack Obama, August 2013 (photo credit: White House, Flickr)

Obama grilled on ‘red lines’ during pre-holiday call to rabbis

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

In annual Rosh Hashanah discussion with religious leaders, US president talks up peace negotiations, but is challenged on Syria and Iran

From the webObama authorization for Syria too broad for some lawmakers

Israel ‘uneasy’ being painted by Obama as potential WMD victim

GOP senators say Congress must approve Syria strike

By Jim Kuhnhenn

Donniel Hartman

The moment when it’s time to let go

To repent we must first review and admit all our misdeeds, but we must not let memory enslave us

Sarin gas is really bad news

…and also, by the way, the gas masks aren’t good for much; on the other hand, the likelihood of an attack is slim

Philip Sharp (center), England's "Rampant Rabbi," has "married" six women and fathered 18 children, not all of whom are pictured here. (Courtesy of Judith Sharp)

Polygamous ‘rabbi’ stirs up UK with unusual wifestyle

By Miriam Shaviv

El Al jets parked on the tarmac of Ben Gurion International Airport. (Flash90)

Palestinians in speeding truck penetrate airport security

By Yoel Goldman

Vehicle stopped, two men arrested at Ben Gurion; perpetrators claim they are car thieves; airport resumes normal functioning

President Barak Obama boarding Air Force One after a March 2013 visit to Israel (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/ Flash 90)

Would a US strike really be ‘effective tomorrow, or next week, or one month from now’?

By Mitch Ginsburg

Senior ex-IDF officers are divided as to whether a postponed attack may yet ‘paralyze’ Assad’s army, or if Obama has shown an underlying lack of desire to stage a meaningful strike

Thousands of Syrian refugees crossing into Iraq on August 15, 2013. (photo credit: AP/HO)

Stream of refugees out of Syria passes 2 million mark, UN says

By AP and ToI Staff

Some 5,000 people a day flowing into neighboring countries, UNHCR reports, some with little more than clothes on their backs

Egyptian army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle, backed by a helicopter gunship, during a sweep through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, in May 2013. (AP)

Egypt army pummels Sinai militants, killing dozens

By AP

Official says helicopters fire 13 rockets at gatherings in peninsula

A BDS protest outside Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa (photo credit: Power987/via Twitter)

BDS head draws fire after defending ‘Shoot the Jew’ chant

By Aaron Kalman

Group issues statement distancing itself from South African university rally that saw protesters sing anti-Semitic song

Orly Ziv in her compact but efficient kitchen (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Rosh Hashanah 5774

Apple jam and leek patties served up by a local chef

By Jessica Steinberg

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Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Rosh Hashanah 5774Pope wishes Jews a happy new year, gets honey cake

By Aaron Kalman and JTA

PA President Mahmoud Abbas, September 1, 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Breaking with Arab League, Abbas opposes Syria strike

By Elhanan Miller

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

Arabic media review‘Syria, between pain and hope’

By Michael Bassin

Syrian President Bashar Assad casts his ballot next to his wife Asma at a polling station during a referendum last year on a new constitution, in Damascus. (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA, File)

Hebrew media reviewThe birds and the bros

By Ilan Ben Zion

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