Israel arrests 14 in plot to blow up bus, credits alert passenger

Israel arrests 14 in plot to blow up bus, credits alert passenger

Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has charged the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad with planning a mass-casualty attack in Israel. Officials said Jihad recruited both Palestinians and Israelis for a series of major strikes in Israel. They said the first attack, the bombing of a bus in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam last […]

U.S. embassy staff in Israel banned from using shared taxis, public buses

U.S. embassy staff in Israel banned from using shared taxis, public buses

Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV ― The United States has banned staffers from using public transport in Israel. The U.S. embassy has stopped American employees from sharing taxis in  central Israel. The embassy said the ban, announced on Dec. 24, 2013, would last two weeks in wake of a bus bombing in a Tel Aviv […]