Special to WorldTribune.com Israel is building a wall, actually a fence, along its last frontier without a physical barrier, the border with Jordan. Construction on 30 kilometers (18 miles) of fence is expected to be completed by the end of the year, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Engineering and Construction Department. The barrier will […]
Special to WorldTribune.com While Iran and the Obama administration are caught up in the euphoria of nuclear deal “implementation day,” Teheran’s neighbors fear the Middle East is entering “a new and dangerous era.” “Iran is continuing to strive for nuclear weapons and the optimism of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) report must not blind […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Egyptian government has asked Israel for clarification on talks aimed at repairing relations between Jerusalem and Turkey. Egypt is calling on Israel not to give in to Turkey’s demands on the lifting of the naval blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, senior clerks in Jerusalem told Haaretz on Jan. 7 on condition of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israeli officials are questioning the significance of Turkey’s intent to improve ties with the Jewish state. Senior Israeli security sources told Walla! News on Dec. 22 that Turkey’s motive for rapprochement with Israel is due to Ankara’s falling out with Moscow after shooting down a Russian Su-24 jet on the Syrian border […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel will not lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip as part of a deal that renews relations with Turkey, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Dec. 21. “They (Turkey) argued against the blockade on Gaza and of course we don’t intend to change our naval blockade policy,” Netanyahu said according to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Donald Trump continues to shock the Republican establishment and confound critics in liberal newsrooms. But could an uber rich, charismatic celebrity with no political experience emerge as a political juggernaut in Israel where Trump has promised to visit soon? Not likely, according to the Jerusalem Post. The closest instance occurred in 2012, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Hillary Clinton said “only a two-state solution” will work for Palestinians and warned that Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) would move in to fill the void if the Palestinian Authority falls. “The alternative to (Mahmoud) Abbas could be the black flag of the Islamic State,” Clinton said on Dec. 6 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to press Israel to take unilateral measures to make possible a Palestinian state. “We’ve been doing a lot of work internally to try to think about, if we are in a period without negotiations, how we can still generate some direction and progress . . . […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel “is as good as us in some areas” of military technology and its innovations have saved American soldiers’ lives, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. In an interview with The Atlantic published on Nov. 3, Carter used Israel’s technology in dealing with IEDs (improvised explosive devices) as an example. IEDs killed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com An Israeli Arab flew a paraglider from Israel’s Golan Heights into Syria reportedly to join up with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or another jihadist organization. The Israeli military said the 23-year-old resident of the Arab-Israeli village of Jaljuliya landed on the Syrian side of the border fence in the […]