Top Headlines
17/08/2011
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- Hamas chief’s visit to Cairo could signal imminent decision on Shalit deal (Haaretz)
- ‘Confrontation at UN would be detrimental to both sides’ (Jerusalem Post)
- Syria attacks Palestinian refugee camp (Independent)
- Al-Jazeera bureau chief arrested in Israel (Guardian)
- Israel: Al Jazeera journalist held (Independent)
- Assad troops force 40,000 to flee (Times)
- Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian approaching border (Telegraph)
- Israeli building plan opposed (Scotsman)
- Syria targets port for fourth day (BBC Online)
- IDF to redirect budget toward developing and acquiring new weapons (Haaretz)
- Israel’s socioeconomic panel to shift focus from middle class to the poor (Haaretz)
- Livni calls for a ‘new Israel’ as MKs debate social uprising (Haaretz)
- Happy Birthday Mr. President: Peres turns 88 (Haaretz)
- Mideast Quartet ‘greatly concerned’ by Israel’s recent settlement plans (Haaretz)
- Israel detains Al Jazeera’s Kabul bureau chief in West Bank (Haaretz)
- Barak confirms ‘grain of truth’ to rumors of renewed Shalit talks (Haaretz)
- Hamas political leader due in Cairo for talks on Shalit deal (Haaretz)
- ‘Egypt nabs terrorists trying to blow up Sinai pipeline’ (Jerusalem Post)
- Palestinians: Youth shot dead by IDF soldiers in Gaza (Jerusalem Post)
- Mashaal in Cairo amid rumors that Schalit talks renewed (Jerusalem Post)
- Peres and China’s top general talk military, security (Jerusalem Post)
- Quartet ‘concerned’ by building in Ariel, east J’lem (Jerusalem Post)
- Israel arrests Al Jazeera’s Afghanistan bureau chief (Jerusalem Post)
- Mideast Quartet alarmed by Israel settlement plans (Ynetnews)
- Palestinians: IDF kills youth near Gaza border (Ynetnews)
- Treasury, Defense Ministry at odds over budget cuts (Ynetnews)
- Mashaal in Cairo as Shalit talks progress (Ynetnews)
- Egyptian source: Gas pipe attack foiled (Ynetnews)
- Report: Israel arrests Al-Jazeera journalist (Ynetnews)