Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The United States has been elected to the UN’s Human Rights Council, the controversial Rights assembly the Biden Administration rejoined earlier in the year. In non-contested elections or should we say selections, Washington won a spot along with seventeen other states ranging from free nations including Finland and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2021 The first term of President Donald Trump is history but the legacy of his outside-the-box Mideast diplomacy continues. Israel and Morocco on Jan. 21 signed an agreement to start direct flights between the two countries. The agreement follows similar agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Meanwhile, the […]
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, […]
Recent American diplomacy has helped eradicate the antiquated, ill-informed, anti-Israel, Arab League policies of the past. Special to WorldTribune, September 25, 2020 Commentary by Harold Hamm/Fred Zeidman/John McNabb The following was originally published by the Jerusalem Post Today, America stands at the forefront of a wave of historic peace deals in the Middle East. Contrast […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 18, 2020 The importance of the Abraham Accord, in which U.S. President Donald Trump brokered the normalization of relations between Israel and Arab states Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, can’t be understated, the chief of Israel’s Mossad said. “On the security level, there is a very large message here of a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 15, 2020 Leaders from Israel, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain gathered with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to sign the Abraham Accords, establishing full, normalized relations between Israel and the two Gulf Arab states. The historic deal brokered by Trump is the first time Arab nations […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 9, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in large part due to his brokering of a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, nominated the U.S. President, saying: “The people who have received the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2020 According to the Nobel Prize Committee, it takes “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” to qualify for Nobel Peace Prize. Last week, the Trump administration, led by Middle East point man Jared Kushner, brokered a deal in which Israel and the UAE agreed to normalize […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 13, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump brokered a historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations, the White House announced on Thursday. The agreement was sealed in a phone call on Thursday between […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 9, 2020 The United Arab Emirates plans to launch a mission to Mars in July. The UAE’s unmanned probe, named Hope, has been billed as the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab state. The Hope Mars Mission will start its journey on July 14 and is expected to reach Mars […]