Special to WorldTribune.com After failing to make progress on the Israeli-Palestinian front, the Obama administration turned its attention this week to Israeli Arabs. The White House and State Department hosted Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Ahmed Tibi of Israel’s Joint List party. Tibi met with U.S. President Barak Obama’s chief adviser to the Middle East, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel is not embracing “coin-toss democracy”. Knesset members from across the political spectrum were shocked to learn that six coin tosses helped decide the outcome of the Feb. 2 Democratic Party caucuses in Iowa. Just as shocking was the phenomenal “luck” of Hillary Clinton, who won all six of the coin flips […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel’s “will to live trumps our enemies’ desire for death,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Oct. 12. In his address to the Knesset at the opening of its winter session, Netanyahu said that “after 100 years of terrorism and 100 years of attempts to destroy the Zionist enterprise, our enemies still […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has sent what was termed a tough message to Israel that demanded progress toward a Palestinian state as well as restraint toward Syria. Western diplomatic sources said Obama relayed the message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the latter’s apparent re-election. The sources said Obama warned Netanyahu […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States failed to exert influence in Israeli parliamentary elections. Analysts said President Barack Obama, despite leaks meant to damage Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, did not succeed in swaying Israeli voters in Jan. 22 elections for the Knesset. The analysts said Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party won easily as candidates […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel is said to have been stunned by the U.S. decision to export advanced weapons to Egypt. Officials said the Israeli military and Defense Ministry have been closely monitoring a spate of recent U.S. arms sales to Egypt. Officials said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud […]