Special to WorldTribune.com Facebook is being sued by some 20,000 Israelis who say the social media site has ignored postings by Palestinians inciting violence and calling for the murder of Jews. The lawsuit filed in New York on Oct. 25 is requesting an injunction requiring Facebook to block all racist incitement and calls for violence […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Palestinians are stepping up their hate campaign against Jews. Among the latest incidents: A Gaza cleric called for more attacks on Jews in Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) named a major road for a terrorist who murdered two Jews and a Palestinian named his newborn son “Knife of Jerusalem” to commemorate the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has reported an increase in insurgency attacks. The Israel Security Agency has cited a slight increase in Palestinian attacks in May. ISA said Palestinian insurgents focused operations in the West Bank and Jerusalem. “May 2014 saw a slight increase in the number of terror attacks: 116 attacks as opposed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — India and Israel have concluded an agreement to assemble a ballistic missile defense system. Indian sources said Jerusalem and New Dehli concluded more than two years of negotiations with an agreement in principle to build a BMD system for India. The sources said the system would be designed to protect […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has reported foiling a Palestinian massacre. Officials said four Palestinians have been arrested on charges of planning to gun down revelers at a wedding in Jerusalem. The officials said the Palestinians planned to dress as Orthodox Jews to enter a wedding hall with an Uzi submachine gun. “If they […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has assessed that Iran was unlikely to launch a regional war even its nuclear infrastructure was destroyed. Israel’s leading strategic institute has concluded that Teheran would demonstrate restraint in wake of an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. In a report, the Institute for National Security Studies said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — Israel has allowed a significant expansion of police operations by the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian sources said the Israel Army has been ordered to facilitate PA police operations around Jerusalem and areas in the West Bank controlled by the Jewish state. The sources said Israel agreed to PA anti-crime operations in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Palestinian Authority has been sponsoring seminars and workshops to organize another uprising against Israel, an intelligence report said. The Israeli intelligence community asserted that the PA was helping plan strategy to launch what was termed an effective uprising in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The intelligence community’s open-source […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — For the first time, Israel has agreed to link a Palestinian state in the West Bank to a halt in Iran’s nuclear program. On Nov. 12, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu halted plans to examine new housing projects around Jerusalem and the West Bank. In wake of U.S. criticism, Netanyahu said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — For the first time, Israel’s military has expressed support for Hamas rule of the Gaza Strip. A leading member of the military’s General Staff said Hamas serves Israel’s interests in the Gaza Strip. Maj. Gen. Sami Turgeman said Israel wants to maintain Hamas’ hold over the Gaza Strip, ruled […]