Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has determined that Israel would lose U.S. defense aid amid the new policy of sequestration. The Congressional Research Service assessed that U.S. aid to Israel would decline because of restrictions on the defense budget in 2013. Sequestration requires the administration to cut $1 trillion in federal spending over the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Islamist militias have renewed rocket fire from Egypt into Israel. Officials said Islamist gunners launched three Soviet-origin rockets from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula toward the southern Israeli port city of Eilat. On April 17, two of the BM-21 Grad rockets landed in a residential area of Eilat, but there were […]
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 TEL AVIV — Israel, despite the destruction of missile arsenals, would not be able to stop another war without an invasion of the Gaza Strip, a report said. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies asserted that Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies would soon recover from the latest missile war with Israel. […]
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 […]