by WorldTribune Staff, March 16, 2017 Hizbullah is producing its own missiles in well-protected factories in Lebanon and has raised its level of preparedness for a massive attack on Israel, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander said. Iran has opened factories in Lebanon to manufacture long-range missiles as well as other munitions and has […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2017 Syria and Israel have been officially at war for decades, but that hasn’t stopped Israel from offering medical services to the wounded of Syria’s ongoing conflict. Israel’s medical teams have treated more than 2,600 Syrians since 2013, the Israeli army said on March 14. “The wounded are transferred to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 Shi’ite terrorism led by Iran must not be allowed to replace the Sunni terrorism of Al Qaida and Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed to Russian President Valdimir Putin. At their meeting in Moscow on March 9, Putin wished Netnayahu a happy Purim. The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Israel’s Knesset has passed legislation to bar supporters of the boycott movement from entering Israel. Critics compared the bill to U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban and said it would thwart legitimated political dissent. The legislation prevents foreign nationals who have publicly called for a boycott of the Jewish […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2017 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will press Russian President Valdimir Putin not to allow Iran to establish a permanent military presence in Syria. Netanyahu, who is traveling to Moscow on March 9 for a meeting with Putin, told his cabinet on March 5 he will seek “specific […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 3, 2017 Israel in January began exporting natural gas to Jordan, one of only two Arab countries Israel has a peace deal with. There was no formal announcement at the time, but it is the first time Israel has ever exported natural gas, a spokeswoman Delek Drilling – part of a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2017 An Israeli immigrant from Belarus was arrested by Israeli security forces after he allegedly attempted to travel to Syria to join Islamic State (ISIS). Valentin Vladimir Mazalevsky, an Israeli citizen and resident of Shibli in northern Israel, was arrested last month. An Israeli domestic intelligence investigation showed Mazalevsky, a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2017 Israel is “truly terrified” of the nuclear deal Iran signed with world powers, the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) envoy to Iran said, adding he hoped Teheran would “produce 1,000 nuclear bombs.” The comments by Salah Zawawi were made in a Feb. 20 interview on Iran-backed Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV and were translated by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 24, 2017 Texas-based Noble Energy said it is set to begin developing Israel’s massive offshore Leviathan gas field. The first phase of the project will begin immediately, the company said in a statement issued on Feb. 23. Noble Energy said it expects the first gas to flow in 2019. Leviathan, discovered in 2010 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2017 In an address broadcast live on Iranian state television, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei referred to Israel as a “cancerous tumor” which should be removed “incrementally.” Khamenei, who addressed the government-sanctioned Sixth International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada on Feb. 21, also called for the “complete liberation […]
