Top Headlines
18/10/2011
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- Shalit swap gets underway: Israel begins transfer of prisoners to Egypt, West Bank (Haaretz)
- Gilad Shalit deal opposed by families of Palestinian prisoners’ victims (Guardian)
- Quartet to meet Israel and Palestinian officials separately (Daily Telegraph)
- Arab League puts pressure on Damascus (Times)
- Israel rejects attempt to block Gilad Shalit swap (Daily Telegraph)
- Palestinian swap for Gilad Shalit getting under way (Guardian)
- Gilad Shalit release: Timetable (Daily Telegraph)
- Syria: 41 killed as Ban Ki-Moon calls on halt to civilian deaths (Daily Telegraph)
- Debate over fate of Gilad Shalit reaches its climax (Independent)
- So, what do you think of your husband’s regime, Mrs Assad? (Independent)
- Freed Israeli soldier ‘faces trauma on release’ (Times)
- Israel ‘shared Iran secrets with Werritty’ (Times)
- Prisoner swap disputed as handover nears (Financial Times)
- Prisoner swap for captured Israeli soldier underway (Reuters)
- Syrian tank forces kill 25 in opposition hotbed Homs (Reuters)
- Gilad Shalit to be swapped for Palestinian prisoners (BBC Online)
- Israeli court rejects Shalit swap delay bid (BBC Online)
- Gilad Shalit: A 1,000-to-one asymmetry (BBC Online)
- Middle East prisoner swap under way (Sky News Online)
- Hamas: Israel pledged to lift Gaza blockade as part of Shalit swap deal (Haaretz)
- Israel must release more Palestinians to avoid future abductions, Hamas official says (Haaretz)
- Shalit deal underway (Ynetnews)
- IDF braces for Shalit deal (Ynetnews)
- Deal sparks global interest (Ynetnews)
- Joy and anguish as stage is set for Shalit homecoming (Israel Hayom)
- High Court hears petitions against Shalit prisoner exchange deal (Israel Hayom)
- Schalit deal underway as Israel begins prisoner transfers (Jerusalem Post)
- High Court decides not to intervene in prisoner swap (Jerusalem Post)