Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hizbullah has been dealt a harsh blow by the death of its leading weapons specialist. Israeli officials said Hassan Al Laqis, assassinated at his home on Dec. 4, was responsible for the Hizbullah missile and arms buildup in Lebanon. The officials said Al Laqis developed Hizbullah’s air defense, rocket and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority have signed an infrastructure agreement. Israel, Jordan and the PA signed an agreement to link the Red Sea and Dead Sea. The signing took place on Dec. 9 at the World Bank in Washington and stipulated the construction of a 180-kilometer water pipeline. “The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has been quietly concerned over the U.S. acceptance of a Russian plan that halted a proposed Western air campaign against Syria. Officials said the sudden reversal by President Barack Obama, who pressured Israel and American Jews to support an attack on Syria, suggested that the administration was pursuing a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been preparing for the launch of natural gas production from an offshore field. Officials said gas would begin flowing from the Tamar field in the Mediterranean Sea on March 31. The officials said Tamar, a $3.5 billion project located 22 kilometers from the Israeli port of Ashkelon, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel’s intelligence community has raised the prospect that Syria transferred chemical weapons missile warheads to Lebanon. Officials said the intelligence community has been tracking convoys of trucks that were bringing what appeared to be missiles and warheads from Syria’s Latakia region to Lebanon. They said the convoys were unloading the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel’s intelligence community has lost confidence in the government’s policy toward Iran. Most of the senior members of Israel’s intelligence community were said to have lost their trust in the government, particularly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. They said the two men were preparing Israel for […]