Special to WorldTribune.com Donald Trump continues to shock the Republican establishment and confound critics in liberal newsrooms. But could an uber rich, charismatic celebrity with no political experience emerge as a political juggernaut in Israel where Trump has promised to visit soon? Not likely, according to the Jerusalem Post. The closest instance occurred in 2012, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com TEL AVIV — Israel has undergone a debate over whether to allow major Chinese penetration in the business sector of the Jewish state. Chinese companies, which began their effort in 2010, have sought controlling shares of major Israeli producers, most of them non-defense firms. One Chinese company, Bright Food, has been […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has reported the interception of a ship loaded with Iranian missiles for the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said naval commandos stopped, boarded and searched a cargo vessel in the Red Sea that contained missiles for the Gaza Strip. The military said the ship, flying the flag […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Western powers, led by the United States, have agreed to suspend billions of dollars worth of sanctions on Iran’s energy and other sectors for the next six months in exchange for a reduction in Teheran’s enriched uranium stockpile. Under an agreement reached on Nov. 24, the so-called P5+1 pledged to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A senior House member has asserted that U.S. Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard, imprisoned since 1985, was no longer a threat to national security. Rep. Robert Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat, has urged President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to free Pollard, who has served 27 years of a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans have been signing a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to free U.S. Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard who is serving life sentence. In 1987, Pollard, whose plea bargain agreement was rejected by the presiding judge, was sentenced to life for relaying classified information to Israel, an offense […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has assessed that its new natural gas reserves would significantly expand over the next two years. Officials said Israel’s potential gas reserves in the Mediterranean Sea would reach 1 trillion cubic meters. They said proven gas reserves were determined at 300 billion cubic meters, most of it around […]
By Alexander Maistrovoy, Freepressers.com Political commentaries about the events in the Middle East resemble mythological plots written by an experienced censor. Myth doesn’t need facts. It adjusts the facts to its own paradigm. And ideological mythology is not an exception. Western journalists’ commentaries on Middle East problems, give me a sense of deja vu. It feels […]