Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime has cracked down on major banks in the Gaza Strip. A Hamas court fined two major Gaza banks tens of millions of dollars for refusing to pay taxes to the Islamic regime. The decision, issued in mid-November, said the Bank of Palestine and Palestine Islamic Bank […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s intelligence community has warned that shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles may have reached the West Bank. Security sources said several intelligence agencies have assessed that man-portable air defense systems could have been smuggled from Libya through Egypt and to the West Bank. They said the Hamas regime has absorbed scores […]
By Fariborz Saremi, Freepressers.com The new Middle East Cold War comes complete with its own spy-versus-spy intrigues, disinformation campaign, shadowy proxy war and supercharged state rhetoric and very high stakes. There has long been blood between the Saudis and Iran. Saudi Arabia is a Sunni/Wahabi Muslim Kingdom of ethnic Arabs. Iran is a Shi’ite Islamic Republic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military, besieged by missile threats from several fronts, is seeking to enhance civil defense. The military has been testing a range of commercial technologies to bolster protection against missile strikes. The military has been stymied by government budget cuts in plans to build shelters and bunkers to protect […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The international community has been deterred from an attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, a report said. A report by a leading Israeli investment company concluded that an attack on Iran by either Israel or the United States was not feasible. Clal Finance, in a report titled “The Iranian Issue […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Palestinian Authority is focusing its efforts on a diplomatic offensive meant to delegitimize Israel, a report said. The Hudson Institute said the PA has embarked on what a report termed a “third intifada” or uprising, meant to expel Israel from the United Nations. The PA also intends to sue […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Palestinians have been quietly converting from Sunni to Shi’a Islam. Hundreds of Palestinians are said to have converted to Shi’a Islam over the last two years. They said the effort was financed by Iran through proxies in the Gaza Strip. “Their numbers are not great, but people are noticing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has reported an increase in Palestinian insurgency attacks. The Israel Security Agency asserted that Palestinian gunners increased missile, mortar and rocket strikes in October. ISA said Israel sustained 80 attacks from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, compared to 68 during September. “In October, 46 attacks originated in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime, a week after its prisoner exchange, has resumed rocket fire toward Israel. Palestinian gunners fired at least three extended-range BM-21 Grad rockets that reached the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Officials said the Chinese-origin rockets hit an open area outside the city on late Oct. 26 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Libya has in effect become the main arms supplier of Hamas. Western intelligence sources said the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip has received a huge amount of missiles, rockets and other weapons from Libya since June. They said the weapons taken from the military warehouses of the former regime […]