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What Matters Most On Friday, August 29, 2014

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IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on August 28, 2014. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

IDF on high alert in Golan Heights

By ToI Staff, AFP and AP

As a result of intense fighting on Syrian side of plateau and abduction of UN forces, military ups readiness

Fiji says 44 Golan peacekeeping soldiers still captive

By AP

Islamic State massacres 160 captured Syrian soldiers

By RYAN LUCAS and Zeina Karam

WATCH: Al-Nusra Front takes over Quneitra crossing

Illustrative photo of Hellfire missiles (photo credit: CC BY-Wikipedia)

US missiles to be released ‘soon’ — whatever the Hellfire that means

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Delay in arms shipment to Israel may – or may not – end in coming days, but Obama administration will continue increased scrutiny

US reportedly pushing Gaza demilitarization at UN

By Adiv Sterman

Netanel Maman, an off-duty soldier killed by a rocket fired from Gaza (photo credit: Netanel Maman, Facebook)

Soldier killed in rocket attack laid to rest

By Adiv Sterman

Death of Netanel Maman, 22, raises the toll of Israelis killed in Operation Protective Edge to 71

‘We will never disarm,’ vows Hamas chief

Kibbutz member killed by mortar shell laid to rest

PM dismisses claim he agreed to state on 1967 lines

Simcha Jacobovici

Countdown to Israel’s destruction

The Jewish state is losing the media war, which is the same as losing the war

Rebecca Bermeister

Future women of Gaza

When they eventually fathom the enormity of the betrayal by their leaders and the world, they will weep

Don Diego Coity, spiritual leader of San Juan La Laguna community, speaks during a meeting with Members of the Orthodox Jewish community at the headquarters of the Office of human rights in Guatemala City on August 27, 2014 (Photo credit: AFP / Johan ORDONEZ)

Jewish community ‘forced out’ of Guatemalan village

By AFP

Local indigenous population accuses 230-strong Orthodox Jewish community of discriminating against them and violating Mayan customs

Members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in the Egyptian Sinai read out sentences before they behead four men accused of spying for Israel, August 2014 (screen capture: YouTube)

Sinai terrorists behead four accused of spying for Israel

By JTA

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis members say victims had given information to the Mossad, which led to lethal airstrike

Yeshiva student Aaron Sofer who went missing in the Jerusalem Forest, August 2014. (photo credit: Screen capture YouTube/JewsOnTelevision)

US yeshiva student’s funeral procession sets out for Beit Shemesh

By Adiv Sterman and Marissa Newman

Aaron Sofer, 23, was found dead after he disappeared during hike in forest; unconfirmed report cites dehydration as cause

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on June 22, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin: Ukrainian soldiers like Nazis in Leningrad

By AP

Russian president urges rebels to release trapped forces and allow them to go home

US President Barack Obama delivers a statement on American troops in Afghanistan from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, May 27, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Jim Watson)

Obama: ‘No strategy yet’ on Islamic State

By AFP and ToI Staff

Secretary of State Kerry to be dispatched to the Mideast to build support in the region against the jihadists

Table showing survey answers on question of Responsibility of Conflict and Justification of Actions. (Courtesy Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University)

Study of young US Jewish adults finds nuanced support for Israel

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Survey shows Birthright applicants feel solidarity with the Jewish state, while empathizing with death and destruction in Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting, on June 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Pool/Abir Sultan)

Analysis

A fateful time ahead for Netanyahu’s divided government

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Despite swirling speculation over the Gaza war’s impact on the coalition, PM’s hawkish critics may have to bide their time unless public discontent deepens

Col. Ghassan Alian, the commander of the Golani Brigade, addressing IDF troops in Gaza, August 2014. Alian was lightly injured during fighting in Shejaiya (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit/ Flickr)

The perils of Israel’s ‘Follow Me!’ ethos

By Mitch Ginsburg

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after they exchange documents during a signing ceremony at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on May 12, 2014 (Photo credit: AFP PHOTO/POOL /Toru Hanai)

Japan, Israel can make beautiful tech together: advocate

By David Shamah

Kazunari Okada of Japan Innovation Center is excited about encouraging relationships between Israeli, Japanese firms

An image with text sent via Mirage (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Yo! developer’s Mirage app does photo blasts, too

By David Shamah

Where Yo! shoots a short text blast to a contact, Mirage, developed by Mobli, sends out a short picture blast

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Yarden Gerbi celebrates her victory over Abe Kana from Japan in the semifinal of the World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, August 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Silvia Izquierdo)

Israeli judoka wins silver medal in World Championship

DanceWall Remix in action (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Dance at 3D disco in your PC, thanks to Israeli tech

By David Shamah

Joan Rivers speaks to TMZ about Israel's Gaza operation, July 2014. (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Joan Rivers rushed to hospital in critical condition

Palestinians throw stones at Israeli forces (unseen) during clashes in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron on June 16, 2014. (photo credit: Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Israeli toddler hurt in rock-throwing attack in West Bank

An Islamic State recruitment video calls on others to join in their holy war (screen capture: Youtube)

Britain raises terror threat level to ‘severe’

By AFP and AP

Left-wing activists protest against Jewish settlement in Jerusalem's predominantly Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in April. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Jerusalem approves new yeshiva in East Jerusalem

By Tamar Pileggi

San Diego Chargers announcer Hank Bauer (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Time outNFL announcer benched for Jew slur

Smoke rises from the Syrian village of Quneitra, as seen from the Israeli Golan Heights, on August 27, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/JACK GUEZ)

From south to north

By Ilan Ben Zion

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