Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) would quickly move in to fill the void if Israel vacated any area of the West Bank, Israel’s education minister said on Nov. 16. “Either you will be here, or ISIL will be here,” Naftali Bennett said in a speech at Ariel University in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to press Israel to take unilateral measures to make possible a Palestinian state. “We’ve been doing a lot of work internally to try to think about, if we are in a period without negotiations, how we can still generate some direction and progress . . . […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Jewish community has been shifting uneasily amid increased pressure by President Barack Obama on Israel. Over the last few months, supporters of the Obama administration have been questioning the loyalty of American Jews amid U.S. pressure on Israel to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Leading Israeli analysts have failed to agree on strategy toward the Palestinian Authority. Although most of the analysts warned against the U.S. campaign to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank in 2014, they could not agree on an Israeli alternative. Some of the analysts urged Prime Minister […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has sought to form an international coalition to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2013. Officials said President Barack Obama has decided to launch an initiative to convene Arab and Western allies to end the civil war in Syria. They said Obama intends to meet the leaders […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Diplomatic sources said President Barack Obama has proposed an alliance by Egypt, Iran and Turkey. The sources said the president, in talks with the Israeli leadership in late March, termed the prospective alliance as the future of the Middle East. “Obama was telling [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu that these countries […]
Sol W. Sanders So now we know what President Obama’s trip to Israel was all about: There was more than a little puzzlement. He had waited through almost five years of his first administration to visit America’s only trusted ally in the Mideast. He had made a grand tour of the region early on, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — U.S. President Barack Obama has demanded a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. Israeli sources said Obama, scheduled to arrive in Israel on March 20, wants a detailed Israeli withdrawal plan from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the president’s visit. The sources said the Israeli plan would […]
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 […]