Rise in Sinai insurgency attacks tied to Israel’s 2005 pullout from Gaza Strip

Rise in Sinai insurgency attacks tied to Israel’s 2005 pullout from Gaza Strip

Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — A leading Israeli strategist has linked the Islamist insurgency in Egypt to the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Ehud Yaari, the strategist, said the insurgency presence in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula stemmed from Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Yaari, regarded as close to the Israeli intelligence community, […]

Israel presses Germany to subsidize sub deal with Holocaust reparations

Israel presses Germany to subsidize sub deal with Holocaust reparations

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. […]