Top Headlines
18/04/2011
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- Palestinians ‘confess to Israeli family murders’ (Independent)
- Syria pledges end to its 48-year ’emergency’ laws after protests (Sunday Times, 17/4)
- Teen hit by anti-tank missile dies of wounds (Ynetnews)
- Senior Mossad official named new negotiator in Shalit swap talks (Haaretz)
- Activist’s murder shakes Hamas’s grip on Gaza (Independent, 16/4)
- Idealistic blogger ‘was more Palestinian than the criminals who killed him’ (Independent, 16/4)
- Syria’s security forces fire tear gas as tens of thousands march on Damascus (Independent, 16/4)
- Assad says emergency laws will be lifted (Scotland on Sunday, 17/4)
- Italian pacifist killed in Gaza Strip within hours of kidnap ultimatum (Sunday Times, 17/4)
- Israeli drone kills Hamas arms chief in Sudan (Sunday Times, 17/4)
- Iran accuses Siemens over Stuxnet cyber attack (Telegraph, 17/4)
- Syria: three killed at protest as President promises reforms (Telegraph, 17/4)
- Thousands call for more freedom after president’s promises (Scotsman)
- Israelis hold teenagers over fatal stabbings (Scotsman)
- Egypt ex-ministers to be tried (BBC Online)
- Two Palestinians held for murders (BBC Online)
- Syria protests despite Assad vows (BBC Online)
- Tutu Pleads With Hamas Over Palestinian (Sky News)
- ‘At Least Four Shot Dead’ In Syrian Protest (Sky News)
- Protesters reject Assad’s reform promise (Financial Times)
- IDF leaders learn to be ‘humanitarian officers’ in battle (Haaretz)
- Poll: Palestinian support for Gaza rocket attacks on Israel dropped by half (Haaretz)
- Boy hurt in Gaza rocket attack on Israeli bus dies of his wounds (Haaretz)
- Netanyahu: Arrest of Itamar killers shows Israel won’t accept the massacre of its people (Haaretz)
- PM appoints new Schalit mediator for Gilad’s release (Jerusalem Post)
- PM praises investigation into Itamar murders (Jerusalem Post)
- PM names new Shalit negotiator (Ynetnews)