Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish officials said Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have threatened to attack Jewish schools and kindergartens in Turkey. “It is more than credible threat. This is an active plot,” an intelligence official told Sky News. Turkish intelligence officials said the information on ISIL’s planned attack was obtained after the arrest […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump supports a “two-state solution” for Israel and Palestine but said Palestinians “have to stop” teaching their children to embrace terrorism. “The children, I sort of talked about it pretty much in the [AIPAC] speech, but the children are aspiring to grow up to be terrorists,” said Trump […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel’s High Court on March 27 rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offshore gas development deal signed last December with U.S. and Israeli companies. The ruling was a major setback for U.S.-based Noble Energy, which could delay the firm’s $6 billion natural gas project off the coast of Israel for as much as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A new online Bible aims not only to explain the Jewish people’s connection to the Land of Israel but to stymie the boycott Israel movement’s attempts to “chip away at evangelical support for Israel,” a noted rabbi said. The Israel Bible, launched online about two weeks ago, is seen as a significant […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Egyptian affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is planning a major attack in southern Israel, a Salafist operative warned in a radio interview. “It is only a question of time when there will be a big operation in Eilat and in the south of Israel,” Abu al-Ayna al-Ansari, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told Russian counterpart Valdimir Putin that Israel will not allow Iran and Hizbullah to operate on the Israel-Syria border. The two met in Moscow on March 16 after Putin announced Russia’s withdrawal from Syria. Rivlin laid out Israel’s “red lines” in Syria, telling Putin the presence of any […]
Special to WorldTribune.com After the surprise announcement of its intent to withdraw from Syria, Russia on March 15 sought to reassure Israel that the two countries’ coordination on Syria would remain intact. Israel wants assurances that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s anti-Israel allies Iran and Hizbullah would continue to be restrained after Moscow’s pullout. “We will […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As its jihadists fired rockets into Israel, Hamas broke into Israel’s Channel Two TV on March 11 and broadcast four minutes of terrorist propaganda. The television broadcast was hijacked at the precise moment of the rocket launches, which caused no casualties. Hamas broke into a live satellite broadcast and showed footage featuring […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Taylor Force, the American military veteran murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in Israel on March 8, was remembered as a “good, good man” who left a legacy of service. A native of Lubbock, Texas, Force was a graduate of West Point, a U.S. Army Field Artillery officer who served in Afghanistan and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egyptian security forces have discovered smuggling tunnels connecting Gaza to Sinai that are large enough to drive trucks through. Egyptian officials believe the tunnels are the source of weapons being used in Sinai by the affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Most of the weapons were smuggled into Gaza […]
