Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Western embassies, amid threat of an Al Qaida-aligned attack, have been suspending operations in Egypt. At least two Western embassies have closed while others were restricting operations in Cairo. In a 24-hour period, Britain and Canada said they were closing their embassies for security reasons. “Public services at the British […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has launched eight criminal investigations into attacks conducted during the war against Hamas in mid-2014. The military, under threat of an international probe, said it opened eight criminal investigations into the 50-day war against the Gaza Strip. The chief military prosecutor also decided to end an investigation […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has still not ruled out imposing sanctions on Israel for building Jewish homes in Jerusalem. The administration of President Barack Obama has refused to dismiss reports that it was examining sanctions on Israel for Jewish construction in Jerusalem. The State Department did not deny a report in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has approved a significant increase in U.S. support for Israel’s Iron Dome missile and rocket defense system. On Dec. 2, a conference committee of the House and Senate agreed on the terms of the defense budget for fiscal 2015. Under the agreement, Congress would allocate $350 million for Iron […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has detailed the Hamas missile and rocket arsenal during the war in mid-2014. The Israeli military said Hamas contained 6,000 rockets during the first stage of the 50-day war in July and August. The military said this included hundreds of medium- and long-range rockets, many of them which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has determined that Hamas activated operational cells in Jerusalem in advance of a bloody attack in a Jerusalem synagogue. Officials said the intelligence community has assessed that Hamas was activating operational cells based in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem. They said the cells included those released in the massive prisoner […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has decided to expand its controversial buffer zone with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The government said it would double the size of its planned buffer zone in the Sinai Peninsula. In a statement, the government said the zone along the Sinai border with the Gaza Strip would reach one […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt plans to evacuate the divided city of Rafah and build another community five kilometers away. Egyptian sources said the military plans to destroy Rafah over the next year. They said thousands of residents would be evicted from the city divided between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has threatened to launch another war against Israel. Hamas’ military wing warned of a resumption of attacks on Israel unless it approved massive cargo deliveries to the Gaza Strip. Hamas said the Jewish state was blocking the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip in wake of the 50-day war […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has banned scores of insurgency groups, many of them affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood or Hizbullah. The exception was the Palestinian movement Hamas, deemed a branch of the Egyptian-based Brotherhood. The UAE also banned a leading Islamist lobbyist in the United States. The lobbyist was […]