Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has closed three Islamic charities accused of fomenting unrest on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The Israel Security Agency has closed Islamic non-governmental organizations on charges of funding thugs around a holy site in Jerusalem. ISA said the NGOs were linked to Hamas and paid Muslims to attack Jews on Jerusalem’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has expressed determination to destroy Rafah, a leading stronghold of the Islamic revolt in the Sinai Peninsula. Officials said President Abdul Fatah Sisi approved preparations to eliminate Rafah, divided between Egypt and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. They said the more than 30,000 residents would be relocated away from the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has been examining legislation that threatens an immediate suspension of U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority. A leading senator has introduced a bill that linked U.S. aid to the PA withdrawal of its request to join the International Criminal Court. Under the legislation by Sen. Rand Paul, the administration […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Jihadist factions in the Gaza Strip are uniting to support Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Factions affiliated with Al Qaida have thrown their support to ISIL. Islamic sources said the factions were helping recruit Gazan youngsters to join the ISIL wars in Iraq and Syria. “All the Salafi currents […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip appears on the verge of an explosion. Palestinian sources and diplomats agree that the Gaza Strip has been wracked by increasing tension in wake of the 50-day war with Israel. They cited hundreds of thousands of Gazans promised housing financed by the international community in a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States could slow down approval of weapons sales to the Middle East due to tensions between the Obama administration and Congress. Officials said new legislation passed by Congress would require the administration of President Barack Obama to explain how U.S. arms sales would change the balance of power […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has determined that Hamas was using shipments of cement and other building material to restore its attack tunnel network in the Gaza Strip. Officials said the military has assessed that Hamas was diverting building material meant for civilian reconstruction to repair attack tunnels damaged by the Israeli military during […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has conducted a series of launches as part of efforts to produce a long-range rocket. Israeli and Palestinian sources said Hamas has been firing rockets nearly daily from bases in the Gaza Strip into the Mediterranean Sea. They said the launches marked trials of a missile or rocket […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian Army has launched ground operations in the heart of the Islamic insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said the army has sent commando units to attack suspected strongholds of Ansar Beit Maqdis in the Sinai town of Sheik Zweid. They said the commandos, backed by air and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey All diplomatic efforts having failed, perhaps it’s time to look at a new solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kerry and Clinton and Indyk and Erekat and God knows how many others have failed. The ‘Process’ is finally dead; life-support has been withdrawn. Neither the two-staters nor the one-staters have […]