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 Are Trump and Netanyahu on Same Page on Iran?
Seizing on an Iranian missile test, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and new President Donald Trump are nearing common ground on a tougher U.S. policy towards Tehran ahead of their first face-to-face talks at the White House. But people familiar with the Trump administration’s thinking say that its evolving strategy is likely to be aimed…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Hopes Meeting With Theresa May Will Cement Ties With Britain — and U.S.
LONDON (JTA) — En route to London, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would use his meeting with British counterpart Theresa May to tighten the trilateral alliance with Britain and Washington. Netanyahu made the statement Sunday, one day ahead of his first meeting with May, a right-wing leader who replaced David Cameron last year following…
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News Is Trump Reversing on Settlements and Iran?
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Israeli settlements are no big problem. Wait — maybe they are, after all. The Iran deal is trash. No, the deal is here to stay, despite being “weak.” On Thursday, the White House pronounced on Israel’s announced settlement expansion that it “may not help” peace, and it put Iran “on notice” for…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves 3,000 New W.B. Settlement Units
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman have approved plans for another 3,000 new homes in the West Bank. The approvals were announced on Tuesday, ahead of the evacuation of the Amona outpost, and is seen as an effort to placate the government’s harder right wing and settlers angry…
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Fast Forward Bibi Says ‘Build the Wall’ Tweet Hasn’t Damaged Israeli-Mexican Relations
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would “explain and clarify” a tweet seen as supporting President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall at the Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants. The tweet has caused a diplomatic uproar between Israel and Mexico since it was posted Saturday. “I take this…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu and Trump to Meet in February
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump and Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel will meet in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15. Trump “looks forward to discussing strategic technological military and intelligence cooperation with the prime minister,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Monday at the daily briefing for reporters. ”Our relationship with the only democracy…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Mexican Wall (and All Walls) a ‘Great Idea’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu weighed in on President Donald Trump’s proposal for a wall along the Mexican border, saying Israel’s fence along its Egyptian border proved that separation barriers to stop migrants from entering was a “great idea.” “President Trump is right,” Netanyahu said on Twitter on Saturday morning. “I built a…
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Israel News Denying Chauffeur Privileges Abuse, Netanyahu Reveals His Son Keeps Shabbat
(JTA) — A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied reports that his children get chauffeured on weekends to social events, revealing that his youngest son observes the Shabbat. The denial came following a report earlier this week by the news site The Marker on the publication of a personnel ad by the Prime…
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