Trump’s world: How to distinguish between allies, friendly rogue states and bad actors?

Trump’s world: How to distinguish between allies, friendly rogue states and bad actors?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – The U.S. refusal to veto the UN Security Council resolution attacking Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory as “a flagrant violation” of international law has triggered cries of outrage worthy of full-scale hostilities. You might think, from the responses of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that President Barack […]

Document said to confirm U.S. collusion with Palestinians on UN vote

Document said to confirm U.S. collusion with Palestinians on UN vote

by WorldTribune Staff, December 28, 2016 American officials told a Palestinian delegation in a closed door meeting that the U.S. would not veto a UN Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements, according to a newly leaked document. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice told a Palestinian delegation […]

‘Ironclad information’: Israel charges Obama White House orchestrated UN vote

‘Ironclad information’: Israel charges Obama White House orchestrated UN vote

by WorldTribune Staff, December 26, 2016 Israel has “ironclad information” that President Barack Obama pushed the UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity, an Israeli official said on Dec. 25. The resolution was passed by the UN Security Council on Dec. 23 due to a U.S. abstention, a decision Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described […]

Egypt’s Sisi calls Trump about Mideast peace after pushing to shelve UN resolution

Egypt’s Sisi calls Trump about Mideast peace after pushing to shelve UN resolution

by WorldTribune Staff, December 23, 2016 Egypt withdrew an anti-Israeli settlement resolution it planned to submit to the UN Security Council about an hour after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump came out against it. “The resolution being considered at the United Nations Security Council regarding Israel should be vetoed,” Trump said in a statement on Dec. […]

Iran-backed Hizbullah forces in Syria using U.S. military vehicles, Israel says

Iran-backed Hizbullah forces in Syria using U.S. military vehicles, Israel says

by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2016 Hizbullah fighters in Syria are using American armored personnel carriers originally supplied by the U.S. to the Lebanese army, a senior Israeli military officer said. In an intelligence briefing to foreign reporters in Tel Aviv on Dec. 21, the senior officer showed a photograph of Iran-backed Hizbullah military vehicles, […]

Netanyahu offers to treat wounded Aleppo civilians in Israel

Netanyahu offers to treat wounded Aleppo civilians in Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, December 21, 2016 While maintaining its “red line” on keeping the Syrian war from spilling into Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Dec. 20 said Israel is willing to take in wounded civilians from Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo. “We see the tragedy of the terrible suffering of the civilians,” Netanyahu said […]

Outgoing secretary general says UN is obsessed with Israel

Outgoing secretary general says UN is obsessed with Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, December 20, 2016 The large volume of anti-Israel resolutions passed in recent years has rendered the United Nations unable to “fulfill its role effectively,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. Addressing the UN Security Council on Dec. 16, Ban said: “Over the last decade I have argued that we cannot have a bias against Israel […]

Azerbaijan, an enemy of Iran, to buy $5 billion in arms from Israel

Azerbaijan, an enemy of Iran, to buy $5 billion in arms from Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2016 Azerbaijan has signed a $5 billion deal to buy weapons and security equipment from Israel. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced the deal on Dec. 13 during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s state visit to Baku. The arms deal reportedly will include missile-defense systems. Aliyev’s comments came amid ongoing hostile […]

Poll finds most Palestinians oppose ‘peace process’, prefer armed intifada

Poll finds most Palestinians oppose ‘peace process’, prefer armed intifada

by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2016 More than half of Palestinians favor an armed intifada against Israel as opposed to a two state solution, according to a new poll. The poll, which was conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, found 65 percent of Palestinian Arabs in Gaza, Judea and Samaria have […]

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