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Fast Forward Bibi Expected To Lead Somber Shalit Welcome
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday following the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit that he had accomplished his longtime mission by setting the abducted soldier free after five years in Hamas captivity. ?On this day, we are all united in both joy and pain,? Netanyahu told the press conference summoned at the Israel Air…
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Fast Forward Bibi Says Israelis ‘United in Joy and Pain’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday following the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit that he had accomplished his longtime mission by setting the abducted soldier free after five years in Hamas captivity. ?On this day, we are all united in both joy and pain,? Netanyahu told the press conference summoned at the Israel Air…
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Fast Forward Released Palestinians Welcomed as Heroes
The Gaza Strip and West Bank gave a jubilant welcome on Tuesday to hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by the enclave?s Islamist rulers, Hamas. Fire-crackers, klaxons and cheering carloads of flag-waving young men raised the noise level steadily…
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Fast Forward Shalit Returned to Israel, Ending Five Years of Captiviity
Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, has officially passed into Israeli custody on Tuesday, after he had spent 1,940 days in Hamas captivity. Following his release, Shalit spoke to his family on the phone, for the first time since being taken captive by Hamas, over five years ago. According to IDF Spokesman Yoav Mordechai, a…
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Fast Forward Ending Gaza Blockade Part of Shalit Deal, Hamas Says
Ending the blockade of the Gaza Strip is part of the agreement between Hamas, Egypt and Israel for the return of Gilad Shalit, according to Mahmoud Zahar, one of the leaders of Hamas in Gaza and a member of Hamas? negotiating team in the Shalit deal. Israel agreed to this long ago, in talks with…
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Fast Forward Israeli Court Clears Way for Shalit Release
The High Court of Justice rejected numerous petitions against the execution of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap deal on Monday, effectively removing the last legal obstacle en route to the release of the abducted Israel Defense Forces solder. Earlier Monday, Israelis opposed to the Shalit prisoner exchange deal asked the High Court to block the…
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Fast Forward Bibi Expected To Lead Somber Shalit Welcome
The Jewish people will not celebrate the freeing of murderers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to say in a short speech following the planned release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit on Tuesday. “Our people are distinguished by the fact that we don’t celebrate the freeing of murderers,” the premier will say….
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Fast Forward Father Braves Protests as Court Hears Case Against Shalit Release Deal
A High Court of Justice hearing on Monday heard petitions against the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap deal, and is set to rule later in the day on the last legal obstacle for an agreement that will see the IDF soldier freed in return for the release of more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners in Israeli…
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