by WorldTribune Staff, May 26, 2016 The UN’s Middle East envoy has publicly urged Hamas to halt the public executions of 13 men, most convicted of murder connected to robberies. UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov told the Security Council that public executions are prohibited under international human rights law. “I urge Hamas not to carry out […]
By World Tribune Staff on May 18, 2016 U.S. President Barack Obama is encouraging Israeli military leaders to oppose the “politically paralyzed” Benjamin Netanyahu by running for office on their own in order to effectively change the nation’s policies. According to congressional sources, Obama has “wooed” the top leaders of Israel’s military and defense establishment […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Mufti of “Palestine” delivered a sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque on March 4 that incited against Israeli “settlers and Jewish organizations.” “The occupation continues to kill Palestinians and execute them without trial, on the pretext that they were trying to carry out operations against the soldiers of the occupation or against settlers,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing supports the creation of a Palestinian state. Xi made the pledge of support on Jan. 21 during a visit to Cairo, according to Egypt’s Al-Ahram newspaper. The Chinese president said he supported creation of a Palestinian State with eastern Jerusalem as its capital, based on the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Hillary Clinton said “only a two-state solution” will work for Palestinians and warned that Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) would move in to fill the void if the Palestinian Authority falls. “The alternative to (Mahmoud) Abbas could be the black flag of the Islamic State,” Clinton said on Dec. 6 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Holding up a collage of photos of Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon told the UN General Assembly on Nov. 23 that “Israeli blood is no less valuable than French blood.” Danon spoke on the UN’s so-called International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As Palestinians continued their bloody spate of knife attacks on Jews, the United Nations on Oct. 28 warned the violence was headed toward “catastrophe.” Two more stabbings by Palestinians were reported on Oct. 28. An Israeli woman was stabbed and wounded in an attack in Gush Etzion, while a Palestinian in Hevron attempted […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel will provide continuous video surveillance at the Temple Mount site in Jerusalem, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. The 24-7 surveillance, which Kerry said was approved by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “will provide comprehensive visibility and transparency” and discourage “anybody from disturbing the sanctity of this holy site,” Kerry […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel has blocked off Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem for the first time since 1967 after a wave of attacks linked to Hamas. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and police were ordered to impose a siege on neighborhoods in east Jerusalem that are dominated by Hamas. In the past month, eight Israelis were killed […]
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 […]