U.S. veteran killed in Israel by stabbing attack praised by Hamas

U.S. veteran killed in Israel by stabbing attack praised by Hamas

Special to WorldTribune.com An American military veteran was killed in a terrorist attack in Israel on March 8 while U.S. Vice President was visiting the country. Taylor Force, a 28-year-old Vanderbilt University graduate student and a U.S. military veteran who Biden said served tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, was killed and 11 people […]

Execution of Hamas commander tied to gay sex

Execution of Hamas commander tied to gay sex

Special to WorldTribune.com A Hamas commander was executed last month for “moral turpitude” (homosexuality). Mahmoud Ishtiwi was tortured and then executed on Feb. 7 after at least one terrorist under his command admitted to having sex with him, according to a New York Times report. Ishtiwi, who is survived by two wives and three children, […]

President Obama visits terror-linked mosque

President Obama visits terror-linked mosque

Special to WorldTribune.com The Baltimore mosque that U.S. President Barack Obama visited on Feb. 3 has been linked to Hamas and other terror organizations. In his first visit to a U.S. mosque, Obama spoke at the Islamic Society of Baltimore (ISB), whose former imam was linked to the financing of Hamas in the Gaza Strip […]

Hamas ‘tank’ mocked on social media as parade float

Hamas ‘tank’ mocked on social media as parade float

Special to WorldTribune.com Hamas recently rolled out what it said was a “captured and rebuilt Israeli tank.” The “tank” was mocked on social media as something more likely to be seen in a carnival than on the battlefield. Twitter users first spotted what looked like car tires between tank treads that were not moving and […]

Egypt wants assurances Israel will keep Turkey away from Gaza

Egypt wants assurances Israel will keep Turkey away from Gaza

Special to WorldTribune.com The Egyptian government has asked Israel for clarification on talks aimed at repairing relations between Jerusalem and Turkey. Egypt is calling on Israel not to give in to Turkey’s demands on the lifting of the naval blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, senior clerks in Jerusalem told Haaretz on Jan. 7 on condition of […]

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 11: Hamas prepares to open international port with backing from Turkey, Qatar, Greece, EU

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 11: Hamas prepares to open international port with backing from Turkey, Qatar, Greece, EU

Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY, Feb. 6, 2015 — Hamas is set to challenge Israel and open the Gaza Strip’s port to international traffic. Palestinian sources said Hamas was refurbishing the port south of Gaza City to receive foreign ships for passenger and trade. They said the port would be launched by May 2015 regardless […]

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 15: Gaza protests Egypt’s flooding of smuggling tunnels as more damaging than Israeli bombs

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 15: Gaza protests Egypt’s flooding of smuggling tunnels as more damaging than Israeli bombs

Special to WorldTribune.com Gaza Strip officials say sea water pumped by Egypt from the Mediterranean to flood smuggling tunnels has done more damage that 20 years of Israeli bombs. Egypt began the operation a few months ago, saying it has been pumping salt water from the Mediterranean into the tunnels in an effort to halt […]

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 […]

Israeli officials question Turkey’s motives for warming ties

Israeli officials question Turkey’s motives for warming ties

Special to WorldTribune.com Israeli officials are questioning the significance of Turkey’s intent to improve ties with the Jewish state. Senior Israeli security sources told Walla! News on Dec. 22 that Turkey’s motive for rapprochement with Israel is due to Ankara’s falling out with Moscow after shooting down a Russian Su-24 jet on the Syrian border […]

Netanyahu clarifies: Gaza blockade won’t be lifted as part of Turkey deal

Netanyahu clarifies: Gaza blockade won’t be lifted as part of Turkey deal

Special to WorldTribune.com Israel will not lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip as part of a deal that renews relations with Turkey, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Dec. 21. “They (Turkey) argued against the blockade on Gaza and of course we don’t intend to change our naval blockade policy,” Netanyahu said according to […]