Top Headlines 18/05/2011 18th May 2011 [ssba] Obama says Mid-East talks ‘vital’ (BBC Online) Tanks storm south Syria city, U.S. piles on pressure (Reuters) Turkey takes permissive stance on new Gaza flotilla (Ynetnews) Netanyahu: Abbas is distorting known historical facts (Haaretz) Iran has been isolated by the Arab spring (Guardian) Syrian mass grave found near Deraa, residents say (Guardian) ENO to stage opera about 1985 hijacking of cruise ship Achille Lauro (Guardian) Obama pushes for Middle East peace talks (Independent) Woman and child among 26 bodies ‘found in mass graves’ near Syrian city (Independent) Brother of ‘Four Lions’ director sails into his own choppy waters (Independent) Syrian refugees risk sniper fire to escape (Times) US and EU seek to pressure Syria (BBC Online) Warning to Syria over new round of sanctions (Financial Times) Turkey fears it may lose stability amid Syria unrest (Haaretz) Obama: Israeli-Palestinian peace talks more vital than ever (Haaretz) Netanyahu’s former top aide leaked secret information to media (Haaretz) In goodwill gesture, Israel okays paving of road to new Palestinian city (Haaretz) Settlement bloc head to PM: Stop talking, start building (Jerusalem Post) Obama reaffirms ‘unshakable commitment to Israel’ (Jerusalem Post) Justice Ministry confirms: Uzi Arad was PMO leak source (Jerusalem Post) PM: Abbas ‘blatantly distorting’ documented history (Jerusalem Post) Assad was behind Golan breach, US experts agree (Jerusalem Post) Turkey takes permissive stance on new Gaza flotilla (Jerusalem Post) EU official: No restrictions – no Gaza crisis (Ynetnews) Report: Uzi Arad leaked secret info to media (Ynetnews) US, EU ready new sanctions on Syria (Ynetnews) Netanyahu: Abbas distorting history (Ynetnews) Read Previous Read Next