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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 27, 2014

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Smoke from Syrian fighting seen on the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights on August 27, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

IDF officer injured as Islamist rebels seize Syria-Israel crossing

By Spencer Ho and ToI Staff

Army hits Syrian targets after soldier is hurt as salvo of mortars hits the Golan

A Palestinian boy flashes the sign of victory as people gather in the streets of Rafah to celebrate after a deal was reached between Hamas and Israel over a long-term end to seven weeks of fighting, Tuesday, August 26, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/SAID KHATIB)

Analysis

Hamas victory celebrations should not be easily dismissed

By David Horovitz

Op-ed: If Hamas is not marginalized, if it proves capable of rearming and plotting new strategies toward its goal of our annihilation, the Israeli strategy for handling this conflict will have been a failure

‘Strongly’ but cautiously, US welcomes truce

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Qatar says it’s ready to rebuild Gaza Strip

By AFP

Open-ended Gaza truce puts off tough issues

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

Israeli mourners lay flower wreaths on the grave of Shahar Melamed, 43, who was killed the previous day by Palestinian mortar fire in Kibbutz Nirim near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on August 27, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)

Times of Israel Liveblog, August 27 (closed)

PM not sure of long-term calm, but says Hamas badly hurt; Syrian war spills across border

By Lazar Berman, Yifa Yaakov and Marissa Newman

Netanyahu says he can’t promise sustained quiet, but Israel had ‘great’ achievement in Gaza and didn’t cave into a single Hamas demand; Hamas’s Haniyeh also claims victory; two hurt on Israeli side of Golan

AnalysisHamas’s humiliation, and Israel’s looming defeat

By Avi Issacharoff

Ceasefire sparks storm of criticism against Netanyahu

Gaza chiefs make first public showing since July 8

By AFP

Who won the war? It’s a stupid question

The Gaza conflict wasn’t a discreet event that began this summer and it didn’t end with the ceasefire agreement

Gregg M. Mashberg

Why is the Zanoli affair newsworthy?

When a Dutch man gave back his Righteous Among the Nations medal, it became an epic anti-Israel commentary

Silence is not security!

A warning that the latest truce, like all the preceding ones, is a dangerous illusion

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Stop the whining, liberal Zionists!

Leftwing Diaspora Jews’ disillusionment reflects a troubling ignorance of Israel’s complex reality

International fashion chain Zara's new 'sheriff' shirt. (screenshot)

Camp couture

Zara offers striped Star of David shirt

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

The Spanish low fashion chain’s new ‘sheriff’ shirt has distinct Holocaust echoes

Volunteers scour a Jerusalem area forest for Aaron Sofer on Tuesday, August 26, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Family of missing American student pleads for his return

Parents beg for help in video; NY state representative urges Israeli government to treat Aaron Sofer like a soldier

Jewish Voice for Peace protest against Boeing in Seattle in 2014. (Alex Garland Photography)

In wake of war, leftist ‘self-hating Jews’ find a voice

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

A Hamas tunnel discovered by soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade in the northern Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Radar barrier could detect Gaza tunnels, experts say

By Andrew Tobin

US has used ground-penetrating radar to look for tunnels at home and abroad; experts call it best hope for Israel

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2010 file photo, Elias Abuelazam is escorted by authorities after arriving on a flight in Flint, Mich. Abuelazam, serving a life sentence for murder in a series of stabbings in the Flint area is suing to be deported to Israel, his home country. (photo credit: AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Serial stabbing suspect sues to be sent to Israel

Elias Abuelazam, suspected of stabbing 14 people in 2010, says he was under the spell of demons at the time

Illustrative photo of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, New York. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

Jewish couple attacked in NYC by suspected pro-Palestinians

By JTA

Gang with Palestinian flags attacks visibly Jewish couple on Upper East Side of Manhattan

Political activist and Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein (screen capture: YouTube/Missouri History Museum)

Does it matter more when a Holocaust survivor speaks for justice?

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Italian who beheaded maid wanted to fight Hamas, friend says

Prof. Amnon Shashua of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem invented Mobileye, a system designed to prevent accidents by warning the driver in real time about dangerous situations and driving conditions. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

From the webWall Street’s new tech darling: Mobileye

In this Monday, July 21, 2014 file photo, Israeli soldiers patrol the town of Sderot after a group of Hamas terrorists was detected infiltrating into Israel (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Hebrew media reviewCalling it a day

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