From Abraham to Hamas: Raw history and Birzeit University poll counter simplistic rhetoric

From Abraham to Hamas: Raw history and Birzeit University poll counter simplistic rhetoric

Special to WorldTribune, November 21, 2023 Commentary by Mike Scruggs In a surprise attack on Oct. 7, a Hamas terrorist force of about 2,500  brutally murdered 1,200 Jewish civilians, including entire families with their children, even babies. Another 240 were taken hostage, including children and the elderly. Many victims were tortured, and many of the […]

Reports: Team Biden sets stage to reverse U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Reports: Team Biden sets stage to reverse U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2022 The Biden administration is moving forward with a plan to establish a new Office of Palestinian Affairs in Jerusalem that will act independently of the U.S. ambassador to Israel’s office, reports say. The move sets the stage for Team Biden reversing Trump administration policy which recognizes Jerusalem as the […]

Biden State Dept. quietly resumes aid to Palestinians: Confirms that such funds go to terrorists

Biden State Dept. quietly resumes aid to Palestinians: Confirms that such funds go to terrorists

by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2021 The Biden administration has notified Congress, without a public announcement, that it will give $75 million to the Palestinian Authority for economic support, allegedly to be used in part to regain the PA’s “trust and goodwill” after Trump-era cuts. The decision comes at the same time that Team Biden […]

How President Trump’s major Morocco-Israel diplomatic deal blindsided the black hats

How President Trump’s major Morocco-Israel diplomatic deal blindsided the black hats

Special to WorldTribune.com by John J. Metzler In another stunning breakthrough for Middle East peace, the Kingdom of Morocco has recognized Israel. The latest diplomatic deal was orchestrated in the waning weeks of the Trump Administration’s first term, but built upon September’s surprising Abraham Accords where three other Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, […]

Muslims worldwide defy coronavirus lockdown orders to celebrate Eid al-Fitr

Muslims worldwide defy coronavirus lockdown orders to celebrate Eid al-Fitr

by WorldTribune Staff, May 26, 2020 In defiance of coronavirus lockdown orders, large groups of Muslims gathered in homes and mosques in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia over the weekend to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan holiday season. After a large number of Palestinians took to the streets to demand […]

Arab League video summit to fight Israel’s sovereignty move included in peace plan

Arab League video summit to fight Israel’s sovereignty move included in peace plan

by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2020 The Arab League has scheduled an urgent conference to forge a plan to confront Israel’s plans to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria. The meeting, scheduled for April 30 at the request of the Palestinian Authority, will bring together Arab foreign ministers via video conference, rather than […]

‘Take it or leave it’: Peace plan highlights contrast with Obama’s Mideast policy

‘Take it or leave it’: Peace plan highlights contrast with Obama’s Mideast policy

by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2020 President Donald Trump on Tuesday aimed at reviving a Middle East peace process which went comatose under President Barack Obama. In issuing his “Deal of the Century” plan, Trump also took a decidedly different approach than his predecessor, James S. Robbins noted in a Jan. 28 analysis for USA […]

Detailed ‘Deal of Century’ offers incentives to Palestinians who call for ‘day of rage’

Detailed ‘Deal of Century’ offers incentives to Palestinians who call for ‘day of rage’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 28, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan on Tuesday which called for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state with a capital in eastern Jerusalem. The so-called “Deal of the Century”, billed as the most-detailed such Mideast peace plan ever, would eventually double the Palestinians’ […]

President Trump to announce ‘Deal of the Century’ before Netanyahu’s arrival

President Trump to announce ‘Deal of the Century’ before Netanyahu’s arrival

by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump said he will announce his Middle East peace plan, dubbed the “Deal of the Century,” at a White House meeting next week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz. “It’s a great plan. It’s a plan that really would […]

Israeli election delays ‘deal of the century’

Israeli election delays ‘deal of the century’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 23, 2019 The release of the Trump administration’s plan for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) will be delayed “significantly” due to the still unsettled Israeli election, according to an Israeli news report. In the weeks before the election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials estimated that the […]

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