Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been installing a digital security system along the border with Lebanon. Military sources said the network was comprised of advanced sensors that could detect infiltration attempts from several kilometers. They said the so-called Multi-Sensor System, a project reported at $60 million, was led by prime contractor [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations is working urgently to save its depleted and embattled peacekeeping force at the Golan Heights. The UN has been examining the prospect of replacing several of the contingents that withdrew from the UN Disengagement Observers Force in 2013. Over the last six months, Austria, Canada, Croatia and [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A U.S. company has been drilling for energy off the coast of Israel. Atwood Oceanics said it was working at an offshore energy bloc off the coast of Israel. The company, based in Houston, Texas, said its Atwood Beacon rig would conclude operations in the Israeli project by July. “The [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has begun preparing for the prospect of a victory by Syrian President Bashar Assad over Sunni rebels. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been briefed of the likelihood of an Assad victory that would end the more than two-year revolt in Syria. The officials [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — A key Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces increasing opposition to any cooperation with the United States for the establishment of a Palestinian state over the next year. Netanyahu told parliament on June 6 he receives telephone calls “several times a week” from U.S. Secretary of State John [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey A mere two and a half years ago the Middle East and North Africa were organized in the following categories: Democracies: Israel and Turkey Traditional monarchies: The gulf states, Saudi Arabia, Jordan Oman and Morocco Secular dictatorships: Yemen, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Syria, of which Libya and Syria [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has disclosed a classified Israeli military project funded by Washington. The administration of President Barack Obama has overseen publication of a bid request that disclosed an Israeli project to house its new Arrow-3 ballistic missile defense system. The bid, published by the U.S. Army, included details of [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights has lost its leading contributor. Austria has announced that it would withdraw from the UN Disengagement Observers Force in the Golan Heights. The announcement on June 6, after months of consultations, was said to mark a major blow to the UN [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s leadership is concerned about what the defeat of Sunni rebels by Syrian President Bashar Assad would mean. Officials said Israel’s intelligence community was closely following the Assad offensive against Sunni rebels in the spring of 2013. They said the community envisioned that a victorious Assad could be emboldened [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — NATO has been examining Israel’s defense industry for partnerships. Israeli parliamentarians said the Western alliance was preparing for an inspection of Israel’s security technology sector in 2013. They said NATO sought to focus on Israeli projects in missile and rocket defense, unmanned aerial vehicles and cyber protection. “This is [...]
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