Special to WorldTribune.com Israel is suspending all contact with the European Union on Mideast peace talks over what it called the EU’s discriminatory labeling practices of Israeli exports. Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Nov. 29 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered contacts frozen until a “reassessment process is completed.” The EU announced last month […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that Hamas renewed rocket production and tunnel construction in the Gaza Strip. A senior official said Hamas launched a rearmament effort in wake of the 50-day war with Israel. The official said Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies were producing Iranian-origin medium-range rockets that struck major […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has determined the prospect of an economic collapse in Iran. A senior Israeli minister asserted that the Iranian economy was being ravaged by international sanctions. Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said through vigorous sanctions on oil and banking sectors Iran could collapse by 2015. “The pressure works; it is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has pledged to maintain military aid to Israel for the next 15 years. President Barack Obama has agreed to maintain Foreign Military Financing to Israel through 2027. Under the agreement, announced on March 20, Obama pledged to guarantee U.S. military aid, now at $3.1 billion a year, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community is warning against relying on Israel for information on Iran. A former senior CIA official has warned that Israel could be skewing intelligence as part of its campaign for a U.S.-led strike on Iran. The former official, Ray McGovern, said Israel could be pressuring President Barack […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sheda Vasseghi, FreePressers.com On April 14, 2012, representatives from the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany (“5+1”) met with officials from the Islamic Republic of Iran in Istanbul to discuss its nuclear ambitions. Discussions were preliminary and introductory, and expectations for the parties to come to any agreement were low. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Israel and Hamas have become engaged in another mini-war. Hamas and its militia allies fired at least 100 missiles, mortars and rockets toward Israel on March 9-10 in wake of the assassination of the commander of a Hamas-aligned militia. The Israel Air Force responded with strikes that killed at […]