Behind the Mideast wildfire: Iran’s expanding oil sales

Behind the Mideast wildfire: Iran’s expanding oil sales

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 16, 2023 As violence explodes throughout the Middle East, from Gaza to Yemen, and Syria to Iraq, the political fingerprints of the Islamic Republic of Iran become increasingly obvious on this regional tableaux of terror. Long deemed a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Iran’s Islamic rulers have funded […]

Reports: Iran announces new secret U.S. sanction relief bringing total to $50 billion

Reports: Iran announces new secret U.S. sanction relief bringing total to $50 billion

by WorldTribune Staff, November 14, 2023 Who in 2023 is sponsoring the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism? In September, the Biden administration formally approved unfreezing $6 billion in Iranian assets in exchange for the release of five Americans held hostage in Teheran in a deal that bypassed congressional oversight. Those funds had been frozen […]

Oct. 7 Information War against Israel reveals new anti-West bloc

Oct. 7 Information War against Israel reveals new anti-West bloc

FPI / November 8, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Near East Bureau The Hamas breakout against Israel on Oct. 7 was consciously part of a broader Islamist initiative to build a coalition with the anti-Western bloc of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Iran. In that respect, it was also […]

100 universities — but not one Ivy League school — sign letter condemning Hamas

100 universities — but not one Ivy League school — sign letter condemning Hamas

by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2023 Many of the most egregious acts of anti-semitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel occurred on Ivy League campuses. A Cornell student faces federal charges for threatening to stab and rape Jewish students; a Columbia student was charged with assault and hate crimes for attacking a student […]

‘It’s over between us’: Sen. Mike Lee calls for ending all UN funding after Hamas resolution

‘It’s over between us’: Sen. Mike Lee calls for ending all UN funding after Hamas resolution

by WorldTribune Staff, November 3, 2023 Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee plans to introduce legislation to withdraw all U.S. funding to the United Nations after the body’s General Assembly failed to pass a resolution to condemn Hamas for the Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians. Last week, the UN passed a resolution calling for an […]

Soviet dissident Sharansky blames Oslo Accords for new war, dusts off earlier proposal

Soviet dissident Sharansky blames Oslo Accords for new war, dusts off earlier proposal

by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2023 Soon after Hamas claimed 500 people died in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza hospital, a story that was amplified by The New York Times, anti-Israel demonstrations intensified worldwide. Some continued to hold this view even after proof emerged that the deaths (far fewer than 500) and damage were […]

Clinton, Inc., Qatar and the revived anti-Israel global consensus

Clinton, Inc., Qatar and the revived anti-Israel global consensus

by WorldTribune Staff, October 30, 2023 Long the status quo at the United Nations and among rogue states, anti-Israel fervor is now spreading to the West through migration to Europe and on anti-American U.S. campuses. Qatar has used its oil riches to fund a seemingly passionate anti-Israel global network. And what would a leftist global […]

Hamas attack educated Israel’s public on the need to bear arms

Hamas attack educated Israel’s public on the need to bear arms

by WorldTribune Staff, October 29, 2023 Israel has a citizens’ army. It does not have an armed citizenry. Only two percent of Israel’s population are legal gun owners. In the United States, it’s 30 percent. “While Israel is no stranger to terrorism, calls for more guns have failed to garner widespread public support,” JNS.org’s David […]

IDF: Key Hamas base underneath major hospital; Macgregor fears Israel won’t survive wider war

IDF: Key Hamas base underneath major hospital; Macgregor fears Israel won’t survive wider war

by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2023 The Hamas terror organization’s main base of operations in the Gaza Strip is situated under a hospital. Hamas’s internal security has a command center inside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, from which it directs rocket fire on Israel and stores weapons, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Hamas has […]

Who you gonna believe: Hamas or U.S. intelligence? Context for Oct. 7 attack comes into focus

Who you gonna believe: Hamas or U.S. intelligence? Context for Oct. 7 attack comes into focus

by WorldTribune Staff, October 26, 2023 Weeks before the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel, some 500 jihadists from Hamas and allied Palestinian Islamic Jihad received specialized combat training in Iran, a report said. The September training exercises which Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists took part in were led by officers of Iran’s Quds Force, […]