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What Matters Most On Sunday, August 31, 2014

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Channel 2 on August 30, 2014 (Photo credit: Channel 2 screen capture)

Netanyahu: I didn’t want an Israeli Fallujah in Gaza

By Itamar Sharon

PM defends decision not to send troops to oust Hamas; amid al-Nusra gains in Syria, says resources also needed elsewhere; believes Gaza calm may hold

Southern cities to get own post-war aid package, PM promises

Cabinet expected to slash budgets to pay for Gaza conflict

By Stuart Winer

Hamas: Any attempt to disarm Gaza is ‘worthless’

In this photo released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office, Philippine Military Chief Gen. Gregorio Catapang, center, reacts after learning about the safe repositioning of Filipino peacekeepers in Golan Heights as they monitor the situation with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario, second left, Philippine National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, third from left seated, at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in suburban Quezon city, Philippines on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office)

UN troops make ‘greatest escape’ from rebels in Golan

By AP

Filipino peacekeepers, outnumbered by Syrian rebels, ‘held their ground for seven hours’ before fleeing, official says; 44 Fijian troops still captive

Fijians negotiating with Islamist captors of 44 peacekeepers

By ToI Staff and AP

IDF shoots down drone near Syrian border

By Stuart Winer

Two mortar shells explode on Israeli side of Syrian border

By ToI Staff, AFP and AP

Singing a different tune about Israel

Diaspora Jews should get to know Israelis, not as political abstractions, but as real people, imperfect yet inspiring

Meir Javedanfar

Hamas is the loser

Hamas caved in to terms it had already rejected after Israel started assassinating its leaders

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on social networks on August 28, 2014, shows young men in underwear being marched barefoot along a desert road before being allegedly executed on August 27, 2014 by Islamic State (IS) militants at an undisclosed location in Syria's Raqa Province. Islamic State fighters have executed more than 160 Syrian soldiers it captured during its storming of the key northern Tabqa air base this week. AFP was unable to verify the location and the date of the video. (Photo credit:AFP / HO / YOUTUBE)

Islamic State said to seek biological weapons

Seized laptop belonging to jihadist reveals chilling instructions on using and safely testing weapons

A bus stop/bomb shelter in Sderot (photo credit: Mitch Ginsburg/Times of Israel)

Israelis given post-war all-clear, southern residents urged to come home

All security limitations lifted, bomb shelters to be closed, amid reports of renewed negotiations in Cairo from next week

New York's KesheTOT Hebrew-language program is no drop-off activity. Parents are expected to remain and participate. (Courtesy KesheTOT)

Israelis import sabra kiddie culture to New York

By Cathryn J. Prince

Then opposition MK and current Justice Minister Tzipi Livni visiting the Gvaot settlement in December 2012. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

State seizes 1,000 acres in West Bank

By Stuart Winer

Peace Now says move near spot where three teens were abducted is a ‘stab in the back’ for moderates in the Palestinian Authority

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni speaks at the Israel Conference for Peace in Tel Aviv, Tuesday July 8, 2014. (Photo credit: Flash90)

Livni: Resume peace talks or brace for diplomatic intifada

Justice minister blasts Netanyahu for refusing to talk to Abbas while negotiating, albeit indirectly, with Hamas

Shachar Shalev, 20, an IDF soldier injured in Gaza, succumbs to his wounds (photo credit: courtesy)

Soldier injured in Gaza succumbs to wounds

By Adiv Sterman

Shachar Shalev, 20, dies at Rambam hospital in Haifa, becoming 72nd fatality; funeral to be held Sunday evening in Golan Heights

Jon Stewart on The Daily Show (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)

Israelite Under Fire

Jon Stewart: ‘I’m not anti-Israel’

By JTA and ToI Staff

Comedian-turned-filmmaker speaks about the controversy over his Israel remarks and his upcoming film on Iran

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the parliament in Ankara, July 15, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ADEM ALTAN)

Erdogan meets with Israeli diplomat — a first in 6 years

Turkish president-elect shakes hands with chargé d’affaires despite scathing criticism of Jerusalem, most recently over Gaza war

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Septuagenarian Jewish swimmer makes big waves

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Just danceGaga gives go-ahead for TLV show

Greek Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Greek neo-Nazi lawmaker gets jail leave for city seat

By AP

A UN peacekeeper on an armored personnel carrier (APC) along the Israel-Syrian border on August 30, 2014 (photo credit: Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewTrading sirens for school bells

By Yossi Nachemi

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