This is the Forward’s coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister and an influential figure in Israeli politics.
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Fast Forward Itamar Ben-Gvir draws criticism from Netanyahu for video taunting detained flotilla activists
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar also condemned the videos, writing that Ben-Gvir is “not the face of Israel."
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Opinion Netanyahu is facing electoral catastrophe — and could place Israel in existential peril
The prime minister is backed into a corner, which makes him dangerous
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Fast Forward Barney Frank’s final warning on Israel: ‘America’s effort should be to support the opposition to Netanyahu’
Frank, who died on Tuesday at 86, also said the United States should cut off military aid to Israel for now
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Fast Forward Netanyahu on ‘60 Minutes’: Fight with Hezbollah should be seen as separate from Iran war
The Israeli prime minister said President Donald Trump "understands what I am saying."
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News Netanyahu deploys AI videos as political weapon, aimed at voter fears of Arab power
As opposition leaders ready to run against him, the prime minister and Likud mock them as supposedly controlled by Arab politicians
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Fast Forward Netanyahu heckled at Israel’s official Memorial Day ceremony as bereaved families grasp for comfort
A different skirmish also broke out at a ceremony at Tel Aviv's military cemetery
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Opinion Winds of change are in the air in Hungary and at the Vatican. Will they reach as far as Israel?
Viktor Orban's defeat and Pope Leo's homilies promise a return to common decency that Benjamin Netanyahu is still resisting
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Opinion Epstein and Iran are an antisemitism mega-crisis. Here’s what Jewish organizations should do about it.
Nothing will make antisemitism go away, but we can work together to mitigate its severity.
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Culture At Eurovision, Israel’s near triumph shows the limits of tolerance
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Opinion The profound internal contradiction that could spell doom for Hillel
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Sports An op-ed compared an NBA team to Israel as underdog success stories. Then the threats poured in.
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Fast Forward Talarico won’t campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open ‘a prison for American Zionists’
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