by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2024 Joe Biden on Wednesday reversed long-standing U.S. policy by saying he would halt precision weapons shipments to Israel if the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) moves deeper into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, which is the last stronghold of the Hamas terror organization. During an interview on CNN, host […]
FPI / May 8, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct A group of American and Israeli survivors of the Hamas Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel have filed a lawsuit against U.S.-based groups which the suit accuses of collaborating with Hamas to legitimize and potentially extend the attack’s impact in the United States. The suit, filed on May 1 […]
FPI / May 3, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct Military planners on the battlefields in Ukraine and Gaza are currently being assisted in their decision-making by artificial intelligence (AI). In the not-too-distant future, military analysts are saying those decisions could be made entirely by machines. “This is the Oppenheimer moment of our generation,” Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2024 Mounted on the sides of the entryway to Columbia University’s Pulitzer Hall – named after Joseph Pulitzer, the founder of the university’s journalism school and the namesake of the coveted Pulitzer Prize – is a memorial honoring journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war. The 98 honorees, selected by the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 28, 2024 After months of hesitation, political infighting and rancorous debate, the U.S. Congress passed a massive Ukraine funding bill with a bi-partisan majority. The deal was done and a dangerously divided Republican majority smiled nervously. The Democrats and the Biden Administration cheered, many holding little blue […]
FPI / April 17, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On April 13, Iran shattered precedent by launching its first major direct attack against Israel from Iranian territory that Israeli sources said consisted of strikes by over 120 ballistic missiles, 170 drones and 30 cruise missiles. Earlier, Iran launched a new and barbaric chapter in its […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 15, 2024 Of Iran’s more than 300 drones and missiles launched in Saturday’s attack on Israel, 99 percent were intercepted by Israeli and U.S. forces. They were able to crush Iran’s attack in large part “because Arab countries quietly passed along intelligence about Teheran’s attack plans, opened their airspace to warplanes, […]
Special to WorldTribune, April 15, 2024 Commentary by Laurence F Sanford The United States should demand a Gaza ceasefire — from Hamas. Instead, the Biden administration has demanded and succeeded in forcing Israel to withdraw troops from southern Gaza by threatening to cut off military aid. President Biden, after the Hamas Oct. 7 invasion, said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2024 Iran on Saturday carried out its first direct attack on Israel, launching more than 300 drones and missiles in retaliation for Israel’s alleged assassination of several top Iranian military leaders. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that 99 percent of Iran’s drones and cruise missiles were downed en route. Several […]
FPI / April 10, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct When Israel went into Gaza following the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “found Chinese military equipment in Hamas warehouses, including large numbers of assault rifles (QBZ assault rifles) and grenade launchers (QLZ87 automatic grenade launchers), telescopic sights for rifles and cartridges for M16s, […]
