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 WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has cast doubts on the feasibility of an attack on Iran. [In a debate Saturday night, several Republican candidates supported a military strike on Iran if all other efforts to stop the regime’s development of nuclear weapons failed.] Officials said the Defense Department and […]
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 CAIRO — Egypt’s natural gas pipeline to neighboring Israel and Jordan has again been attacked despite pledge to secure it. The Arab Gas Pipeline was blown up in the Sinai Peninsula on Nov. 10 in the sixth such attack in 2011. Security sources said at least two bombs were detonated by remote […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Israel is suspected of producing a nuclear missile that could strike Russia, a report said. The Center for Strategic and International Studies asserted that Israel has produced several missiles designed to contain nuclear warheads. In a report, the center said the latest missile was believed to have a range of […]
By Alexander Maistrovoy, Freepressers.com Political commentaries about the events in the Middle East resemble mythological plots written by an experienced censor. Myth doesn’t need facts. It adjusts the facts to its own paradigm. And ideological mythology is not an exception. Western journalists’ commentaries on Middle East problems, give me a sense of deja vu. It feels […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military and police have been preparing for massive Jewish unrest amid plans to destroy unauthorized communities in the West Bank. Officials said the military and police were intensifying training and non-lethal weapons procurement ahead of plans to destroy nearly 100 unlicensed Jewish homes in the West Bank. They […]
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 LONDON — Israel is believed to have modified a U.S. weapon for nuclear attacks, a report said. The British American Security Information Council asserted that Israel has been developing nuclear weapons for air- and sea-based attacks. In a report, the council said Israel is believed to have produced cruise missiles with nuclear […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Israel is seeking to finance a submarine project through German reparations for the killing of six million Jews during World War II. German sources said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pressing Berlin to subsidize the Israeli purchase of a Dolphin-class electric-diesel submarine from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. […]