Special to WorldTribune.com Israel has not received an update on Iran nuclear talks from the United States in nearly two weeks. Contact between senior officials in the administrations of U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been non-existent as the P5+1 nuclear negotiations went into overtime after missing a June 30 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Though they may be on opposing sides on the battlefields of Syria and Iraq, Iran and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) share the same ultimate goal in seeking the destruction of Western values, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.. At a July 7 speech in Jerusalem marking 111 years since […]
Special to WorldTribune.com “Preventing Iran from being able to build nuclear weapons is the preeminent challenge of our generation,” and there is still time to stop a bad nuclear deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 7. Speaking to the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York City via video conference on June […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will look to boost his country’s military might when he becomes the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel. India has emerged as Israel’s largest customer for military exports. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announced the visit on May 31. A date has not yet been set. “Given […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Ostensibly benign, independent NGOs are effective propaganda tools for those with the means — such as Russia. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)are becoming ever-more significant on the international scene. Non-profit and generally non-taxed organizations, ostensibly with educational, charitable, human rights and environmental and other goals and activities, do studies, issue reports, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been examining options to stop Islamist militias on the Golan Heights. Israeli sources said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was consulting with the military and intelligence community to determine measures to stop the expansion of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as well as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s intelligence community has launched an online search for spies. Israel’s foreign espionage agency, Mossad, has developed a website to recruit agents around the world. The website, published in a range of languages, was meant to attract recruits out of Israel’s reach. “We must continue to recruit the best […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has been bracing for an official inquiry into the latest war with Hamas. Officials said the military and government have been preparing for at least two major investigations into the indecisive 50-day war with the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014. They said investigators from the Knesset, or […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel was said to have destroyed Hamas military headquarters in the Gaza Strip. Military sources said the Israel Air Force targeted a 13-story building in Gaza City that contained the Hamas command center. They said the building was leveled and senior commanders were killed on Aug. 23 after civilians […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel, unable to stop the Hamas war, has been examining whether it should re-capture the Gaza Strip. Senior ministers have raised the prospect that Israel must end Hamas’ seven-year rule over the Gaza Strip. They said the continuation of the Hamas war despite Israeli concessions could result in the re-capture […]