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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 8, 2018

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Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

Why did Assad use chemical weapons? Because he can

With Russia behind him and the US in retreat, the Syrian leader knows no one will take a stand against his actions, no matter how unconventional — and deadly — they may be

This image made from video released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a medical worker giving toddlers oxygen through respirators following an alleged poison gas attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, in eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, April 8, 2018. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, on April 7, 2018. (AFP)

Moscow denies Syrian regime used chemical weapons in Douma

By AFP and ToI Staff

Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, on April 7, 2018, after Syrian regime troops resumed a military blitz to pressure rebels to withdraw. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)

US: Assad regime must be ‘held accountable’ for suspected chlorine attack

By AFP

Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, on April 7, 2018. (AFP)

Top minister calls for international forces to stop ‘genocide’ in Syria

By Stuart Winer and Agencies

Gilad Erdan says US and world must intensify their efforts to fight Assad; Israeli lawmakers call for immediate action

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party in the Knesset, March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Liberman signals Trump didn’t consult with Israel on Syria withdrawal

By Michael Bachner

Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, on April 7, 2018, after Syrian regime troops resumed a military blitz to pressure rebels to withdraw (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)

Syrian opposition says 35 civilians killed in chemical attack

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Then-Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the IDF's West Bank Division, near the Israeli settlement of Beit El, on January 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

'Hamas sent terrorists dressed as civilians to challenge us'

Liberman on journalist’s death: Fly drone above soldiers, you endanger your life

Defense minister says Israel’s preparation thwarted Gaza’s ‘terrorist march’; Netanyahu: Palestinians speak of human rights, but want to crush us

Defense minister seeks probe into B’tselem for urging soldiers to refuse orders

By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross

EU says Gaza deaths ‘raise serious questions about Israel’s use of force’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hundreds march in Israeli Arab town in support of Gaza protests

Analysis

Khaled Abu Toameh

West Bank’s apathy amid Gaza chaos shows Palestinians becoming a divided people

It’s not that West Bankers don’t care, it’s more that physical separation is gradually creating emotional separation

Palestinians participate in a march on November 2, 2017, in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah to protest the 100th anniversary of Britain's Balfour Declaration, which helped lead to Israel's creation and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

AnalysisFor Hamas, Gaza marches have scored some undeniable wins

By Avi Issacharoff

Unarmed Gazan crosses into Israel, is arrested by IDF

PA calls for invalidation of American vetoes at Security Council

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinian demonstrators wave their national flag and shouts slogans against Israeli security forces during a protest on the Israel-Gaza border in the northern Gaza Strip on April 6, 2018. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

Israel media review

Hearts and mines: 9 things to know for April 8

By Joshua Davidovich

The fighting on the Gaza border is recognized as a battle over perceptions, and one Israel isn’t necessarily winning

Palestinian Hamas terrorists take part in a military maneuver in Gaza City, on March 25, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

Hamas official signals that Israeli boosting of Gaza economy could curb protests

By Avi Issacharoff

Israeli medics treat a man suspected of trying to stab someone at a West Bank gas station on April 8, 2018. (Magen David Adom)

Police: Palestinian tries to stab Israeli at West Bank gas station, is shot

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures with his hand during a joint press conference with the visiting Bulgarian president at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 22, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)

Live updates (closed)

Abbas says won’t return to Gaza unless Hamas cedes control

By Tamar Pileggi

PA president says Ramallah will ‘not be responsible for what goes on’ in Strip if ruling terror group does not cede weapons

6:37 pm

Turkey condemns alleged chemical attack in Syria
6:31 pm

Abbas says won't return to Gaza unless Hamas cedes control
6:21 pm

Compromise deal reached, PM to speak at Independence Day event -- report

Gad Elmaleh performing during his new Netflix special, 'American Dream.' (Netflix)

Interview

France’s funniest guy is a Moroccan Jew in pursuit of the American laugh

By Tracy Frydberg

Eritreans mark Easter in south Tel Aviv, April 7, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Under threat of deportation, Eritreans mark Easter in Tel Aviv

Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles during the ceremony of the "Holy Fire" as they gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 7, 2018, during Orthodox Easter ceremonies.(AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)

Thousands of Orthodox Christians hold ‘Holy Fire’ ceremony in Jerusalem

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech to supporters at a party rally in Glasgow, Scotland, May 28, 2017. (AFP/Andy Buchanan)

Senior European rabbi: Jews could flee UK if Corbyn elected PM

As accusations of anti-Semitism in Labour continue to swirl, novelist Howard Jacobson perceives ‘a profound depression’ growing among UK Jews

Dexter Van Zile

Don’t be fooled: Hamas is losing

Attention-seeking demonstrations to prove the terror group’s relevance do no more than generate headlines

Europe’s Jews must reject far right ‘friends’

Right-wing groups claim to be defenders of the Jews against Arab migrants, stoking conflict between minorities

Shaiya Rothberg

If you lived in Gaza, you’d march on the fence

The suffering and indignities of life under Israeli occupation understandably foment a simmering rage

It’s time to reclaim the Z-word

If we Zionists don’t stand up for ourselves, who are we? If we let those anti-Zionist haters win, what are we?

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Russian punk band Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, right, and Maria Alekhina smile during their news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Tolokonnikova and Alekhina were granted amnesty on Monday, Dec. 23, two months short of their scheduled release after spending nearly two years in prison for their protest at Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

SorrowPussy Riot cancels Israel show without explanation

By Michael Bachner

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech during the last campaign event of his Fidesz party in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, on April 6, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / FERENC ISZA)

Hungarians vote Sunday in keenly watched poll

By Jastinder KHERA

Illustrative image of a patient at an optometrist (nd3000, iStock by Getty Images)

New VC fund to set sights on Israeli tech for eye diseases

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Porsche 991 convertible (photo credit: CC-BY Calm Vistas/Wikimedia Commons)

Sports car maker Porsche invests in Israeli startup Anagog

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: A hacker at work. (supershabashnyi, iStock by Getty Images)

From the webIran hit by global cyber attack that left US flag on screens

A rehabilitated sea turtle heading back to the sea after being released by members of the national center for saving sea turtles. (illustrative photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Parks authority: Beached sea turtles likely dead when painted, abused

By Stuart Winer

Omri Casspi #18 of the Golden State Warriors shoots the ball against the Denver Nuggets on November 4, 2017 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. (Courtesy Golden State Warriors; Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)

Golden State drops Omri Casspi before playoffs over injuries

By Michael Bachner

Joseph Stalin in July, 1941. (Public domain)

From the webLost footage uncovered of Stalin’s anti-Semitic show trial

An all-terrain vehicle. (SasinParaksa/iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli, 23, killed when ATV flips over in Bolivia

A general view of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, taken from the legendary Kalyan minaret with the Mir-I-Arab Madrassa in the foreground, November 21, 2001 (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

In Bukhara, 10,000 Jewish graves but just 150 Jews

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