Europeans to campaign for Palestinian terrorist’s Nobel Peace Prize

Europeans to campaign for Palestinian terrorist’s Nobel Peace Prize

Special to WorldTribune.com European parliament members and political parties are set to publicly endorse the Nobel Peace Prize candidacy of a Palestinian terrorist who murdered four Israelis and a Greek monk. Fadwa Barghouti, the wife of terrorist Marwan Barghouti, said the submission of her husband’s name for the Nobel Prize sends a message to the […]

Report: Swiss made secret deal with PLO to avoid terror

Report: Swiss made secret deal with PLO to avoid terror

Special to WorldTribune.com The Swiss government negotiated a secret deal with Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to avoid terror attacks in Switzerland, according to a report. The arrangement was made following the hijacking by Palestinian groups of two Swissair flights in 1970, according to the Swiss newspaper Neue Zurcher Zeitung (NZZ). Full details of the deal […]

Report: Palestinian statehood demands include land within pre-1967 lines

Report: Palestinian statehood demands include land within pre-1967 lines

Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority has sought to acquire Israeli territory beyond the West Bank, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs asserted that the PA aimed to acquire portions of Israel during the U.S.-led negotiations. In a report, Israeli analyst Pinchas Inbari cited statements and documents linked to the […]

Iran funding splinters Fatah militias in Gaza

Iran funding splinters Fatah militias in Gaza

Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — Dissidents from the ruling Fatah movement have been forming militias financed by Iran. Palestinian sources said Fatah dissidents in the Gaza Strip were allowed to form armed groups without allegiance to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The sources said at least one such Fatah-origin militia has been authorized by the […]

Abbas seen passing on Arafat route, ‘third intifada’

Abbas seen passing on Arafat route, ‘third intifada’

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Israel’s intelligence community has determined that the Palestinian Authority would avoid a military confrontation with Israel in 2012. Israeli sources have told U.S. officials and analysts that the PA was not interested in what they termed a “third intifada” or uprising, in the West Bank. They said PA Chairman Mahmoud […]