2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 17 – Egypt’s bet: Reform Islam, boost economy, ignore Obama

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 17 – Egypt’s bet: Reform Islam, boost economy, ignore Obama

Sol W. Sanders Any hope for an exit from the current Middle East chaos lies with the efforts of Gen. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to stabilize its politics and rebuild the Egyptian economy. With its 90 million people and traditional role as the intellectual leader of the Sunni Arab world, Sisi’s efforts to move out […]

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 18: Senior Hamas official treated at private Israeli hospital

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 18: Senior Hamas official treated at private Israeli hospital

Special to WorldTribune.com A senior leader of Hamas is recuperating in an Israeli hospital after undergoing spinal surgery, a report said. Nayef Rajoub, a top member of the terror group and brother of senior Palestinian Authority (PA) figure Jibril Rajoub, was operated on at Assuta Medical Center’s Ramat Hahayal hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel Hayom […]

Israel dances with tyrants: Russia, China, Saudis? OK; Turkey? Not so fast

Israel dances with tyrants: Russia, China, Saudis? OK; Turkey? Not so fast

Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Israel has no choice but to deal with unsavory regimes but it might be a mistake to renew ties with Turkey. The communist leadership of China; President Putin of Russia; Turkey’s Erdogan, King Salman of Saudi Arabia. Should Israel deal with such regimes? They are all wholesale violators of […]

Congress: White House should focus on Iran missile violations, not visa waivers

Congress: White House should focus on Iran missile violations, not visa waivers

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has sought to reassure Tehran that the White House can waive new visa requirements that have outraged Iranians, but has faced a backlash from Republican leaders in Congress. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has complained that the restrictions contradict […]

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 19: Damning Trump’s leadership on the top global threat of our time

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 19: Damning Trump’s leadership on the top global threat of our time

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The establishment has become unhinged. Donald Trump’s call to impose a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigration and travel into the United States has caused the political and media class to completely melt down. Liberals openly refer to him as a new “Hitler” or neo-fascist strongman. All of his fellow […]

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 20 – Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew and David Marshall: anti-hero and hero

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 20 – Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew and David Marshall: anti-hero and hero

Sol W. Sanders Following is an excerpt from People! Vignettes gathered along the way through a long life, by Sol Sanders, to be published later this spring by Lulu.com. Former Mentor Minister Lee Kwan Yew, 91, died March 23, 2015 in Singapore. “You should get your equipment together before you come to an appointment with […]

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 21 – New leader of Free World gives the speech an American president should have made

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 21 – New leader of Free World gives the speech an American president should have made

Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto Israel will fight Iran alone, if it must. That is the striking message Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered to a joint session of Congress, garnering thunderous applause and numerous standing ovations. The historic speech rebukes the appeasement foreign policy of President Obama. It recalls the battle of Chamberlain […]

Media freedom on trial in Seoul

Media freedom on trial in Seoul

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com The zeal with which the Korean government pursued the case of Tatsuya Kato, charged with criminal libel, bears disturbing parallels to the records of other countries that prosecute critics. The charge of libel is a favorite weapon of authorities in Singapore and Malaysia, to name two notorious practitioners […]