U.S. announces intent to withdraw from UNESCO over anti-Israel posture

U.S. announces intent to withdraw from UNESCO over anti-Israel posture

by WorldTribune Staff, October 12, 2017 Citing a continuing “anti-Israel bias” at UNESCO, the United States on Oct. 12 announced that it is withdrawing from the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural body. “This decision was not taken lightly, and reflects U.S. concerns with mounting arrears at UNESCO, the need for fundamental reform in the organization, […]

Netanyahu scoffs at Erdogan’s claim that Mossad had role in Kurdish vote

Netanyahu scoffs at Erdogan’s claim that Mossad had role in Kurdish vote

by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2017 Israel and Mossad were not involved in Kurdistan’s independence referendum, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Oct. 1. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sept. 30 charged that the waving of Israeli flags by Iraqi Kurds during independence celebrations was proof of Mossad’s involvement. “Regarding recent remarks about […]

Interpol OKs ‘State of Palestine’ on secret ballot over objections from U.S., Israel

Interpol OKs ‘State of Palestine’ on secret ballot over objections from U.S., Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2017 The International Police Organization (Interpol) voted to accept “Palestine” as a full member state on Sept. 27 despite the objections of the United States and Israel. The move at Interpol’s annual General Assembly meeting in Beijing passed in a secret ballot by a vote of 75 to 24, with […]

Egypt’s Sisi salutes ’more than 40 years’ of peace with Israel, calls on Palestinians to ‘overcome differences’

Egypt’s Sisi salutes ’more than 40 years’ of peace with Israel, calls on Palestinians to ‘overcome differences’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 Egypt’s more than 40 years of peace with Israel can be repeated in the Palestinian territories if Palestinian Arabs are willing to overcome their differences with Israelis and one another, Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi said in an address to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 19. Addressing Israelis, […]

Israeli minister: ‘If Assad wants to survive, he needs to keep Iran out of Syria’

Israeli minister: ‘If Assad wants to survive, he needs to keep Iran out of Syria’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2017 Israel will not allow Iran to establish weapons factories and ports in Syria, an Israeli official said on Sept. 11. Syrian President Bashar Assad must “keep Iran out if he wants to survive,” Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said. “Israel needs to pressure world powers to not allow [Iran to […]

Report: Israeli delegation demanded that NSC member leave room during White House meeting

Report: Israeli delegation demanded that NSC member leave room during White House meeting

by WorldTribune Staff, September 13, 2017 A U.S. National Security Council (NSC) member appointed by H.R. McMaster was asked by members of an Israeli delegation to leave a meeting at the White House, a report said. NSC Senior Director on Counter-Terrorism Mustafa Javed Ali was asked by the Israelis to leave the meeting in late August, […]

Saudi crown prince said to have ‘secret’ meeting with Israeli officials

Saudi crown prince said to have ‘secret’ meeting with Israeli officials

by WorldTribune Staff, September 14, 2017 A senior member of the Saudi royal family held high-level talks with Israeli officials during a secret trip to the Jewish state last week, a reports said. “A prince from the Royal Court visited the country in secret over the past few days and discussed the idea of pushing […]

Crowns vs chaos: Brexit and Trump repudiated governance by ‘urban globalists’

Crowns vs chaos: Brexit and Trump repudiated governance by ‘urban globalists’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs What form of governance is “best”? What is most durable? What is most equitable? What produces the best economic results? These questions are usually posed — and the answers are usually imposed — as though a universally applicable model could be found by […]

Report: Israel attacks Syrian chemical weapons site

Report: Israel attacks Syrian chemical weapons site

by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2017 Israel in the early morning hours of Sept. 7 launched an attack on a Syrian facility where chemical weapons are manufactured, a report said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that an airstrike on Masyaf in central Syria hit the Scientific Studies and Research Center and an adjacent […]

Netanyahu: Israel’s relations with Arab world best ever ‘in our history’

Netanyahu: Israel’s relations with Arab world best ever ‘in our history’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2017 An unprecedented thawing of relations between Israel and the Sunni Arab world is flawed only by the policies of the Palestinian Authority, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “What we have now is greater than anything else during any other period in Israel’s history,” Netanyahu said on Sept. 6 […]

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