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Fast Forward Shalit Supporters Prepared for Release
With the preparations for Gilad Shalit’s return to the family home at Mitzpeh Hila nearly completed, attention has now turned to other logistical arrangements in the Galilee community for his homecoming, including accommodating the needs of a large media contingent. Makeshift television studios have been built, and stages erected at the end of the path…
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Fast Forward Israeli High Court Hears Appeal Against Shalit Deal
Israelis opposed to a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas sought High Court intervention on Monday to block the release of hundreds of jailed Palestinians in return for captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit. The High Court convened at 12 P.M. to consider four petitions filed by the Almagor Terror Victims Association and relatives of…
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Fast Forward Iran Might Sabotage Shalit Deal, Mediator Warns
Iran could still try and sabotage a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas that would set Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit free, top German intelligence officials said on Friday, adding that the situation will continue to remain “fragile” until Shalit’s arrival in Israel. The comments were made by the German mediator to the Shalit talks…
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Fast Forward Baskin Played Big Role in Shalit Talks
A great many diplomats and intelligence officials from Egypt, Germany, France, Turkey and other countries tried for more than five years to broker an agreement between Israel and Hamas for Gilad Shalit’s release. Yet the breakthrough in July that led to the deal came from Gershon Baskin, the Israeli co-director of the Israel Palestine Center…
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Fast Forward Terror Victim Vandalizes Rabin Memorial To Protest Shalit Deal
The memorial for slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin near Tel Aviv City Hall was desecrated late Thursday night by a man whose family was killed in the 2001 terror attack at the Jerusalem “Sbarro” restaurant. The attack was in protest of the government’s decision to free 1,027 Palestinian prisoners as part of a deal…
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Fast Forward Shalit’s Abductor Will Be Freed in Swap
Hamas has begun releasing the names of Palestinian prisoners due to be released as part of the Gilad Shalit swap deal on Thursday, a list which includes some top Hamas officials. Most prominent on the list is Yehia Sanwar, one of Shalit’s abductor’s, and the brother of whom is considered to be one of the…
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Fast Forward Ministers Demand Release of Jewish Terrorists Too
Aside from debating whether or not to vote for a prisoner exchange deal that would set Gilad Shalit free, several members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet offered several lines of action Israel could take following the deal’s execution. Standing head and shoulders above most were Interior Minister Eli Yishai of Shas and his party…
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Fast Forward Timeline of Gilad Shalit Drama
The following is a timeline of significant dates in the captivity of Gilad Shalit: June 25, 2006 A cross-border raid by Palestinian militants from Gaza on an IDF base in southern Israel leaves two soldiers dead. Gilad Shalit, who is wounded in the attack, is taken into Gaza, where he is to remain for more…
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