Special to WorldTribune.com Ukraine’s 90 percent increase in military spending prompted by Russia’s annexing of Crimea marked the largest defense budget growth in the world for 2015. Iran and Israel paced the Middle East in defense spending growth while several Gulf Arab states cut spending as oil prices continued to slide, according to IHS Jane’s […]
Israel and Jordan plan to boost economic and trade ties with the development of a joint industrial zone on both banks of the Jordan River. “This is an important milestone between the two countries in promoting a large-scale economic project, which will provide employment and welfare to Israeli and Jordanian citizens and the entire region,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Both Israel’s security chief and a powerful U.S. senator said the Obama administration is keeping vital information on “side deals” of the Iran nuclear agreement confidential. National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen said on July 29 that Israel has yet to be informed of the full details of the nuclear agreement between the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Officials say at least 20 Egyptian security personnel were killed in a series of coordinated attacks in North Sinai on July 1 carried out by the Egypt affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The group known as Sinai Province claimed responsibility for the attacks on multiple military checkpoints in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Officials said Hamas is reaching out to Egypt and Israel as it can no longer rely on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank for much-needed funding. As icy relations between the two main Palestinian factions have not thawed, Hamas has struck out on its own seeking accommodation with unlikely powers. On […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel and Saudi Arabia have conducted five secret meetings since 2014 to discuss the rise of Iran and the impact on the regional balance of power. The meetings were revealed on June 4 at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. Dore Gold, set to be the next director general of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs It is probable that history will mark early 2015 as the end of the Arab-Israeli war, a conflict which has lasted since 1948, when the modern State of Israel was proclaimed. However, the end of “the Arab-Israeli war” by no means marks the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel and Jordan on Feb. 26 signed a deal to provide drinking water to Jordan while helping revive the Dead Sea. The agreement calls for a pipeline between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea and a desalination plant in Aqaba, Jordan. The plan calls for pumping some 200 million cubic meters […]
TOP 2014 STORIES Special to WorldTribune.com, Aug. 15 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has ordered his administration not to approve U.S. weapons deliveries to Israel. Officials said the White House ordered the State Department and Defense Department to suspend any Israeli request for weapons or other military supplies. They said Obama issued a directive that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Facing a determined and successful Palestinian propaganda campaign, Israel has one resource so far underused. A recent commentary in “The Jerusalem Post” made the point that Israel has very effective state instruments to execute defense, security and intelligence policy decisions, but that it completely lacks any similar agency for […]