This is the Forward’s coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister and an influential figure in Israeli politics.
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News What Do Steve Mnuchin, Benjamin Netanyahu and Mariah Carey Have in Common?
An Australian billionaire could be the unlikely missing link connecting Israel’s prime minister, Donald Trump’s new pick for Treasury Secretary, and pop superstar Mariah Carey. James Packer, the Sydney-based media mogul, now embroiled in an alleged scandal case involving Prime Minister Netanyahu and his son Yair, was also a business partner of Steven Mnuchin, who…
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Fast Forward UPDATE: Netanyahu Says Deliberately Set Fires Are ‘Terror In Every Way’
UPDATED Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that fires burning throughout Israel that are the result of arson are “terror in every way.” “Every fire that was the result of arson or incitement to arson is terror in every way and we’ll treat it as such. Anyone who tries to burn parts of the State…
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Opinion Like Certain Israeli Leaders, Trump Doesn’t Want To Understand Art
Since Israel been at it much longer, President-elect Donald Trump could take a lesson from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, on how undercut the press, squelch freedom of expression and foment populist politics. Earlier this week, Trump took off precious time from his responsibilities to put together his impending…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Now in Office Longer Than Ben-Gurion
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has broken David Ben-Gurion’s record as the prime minister who served the longest consecutive term in Israel’s history. As of Tuesday, Netanyahu had served 2,793 days — or seven years and 236 days — besting Ben-Gurion’s 2,790-day record, according to the Israel Democracy Institute. Ben-Gurion was Israel’s first prime…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Forbids Israeli Ministers From Reaching Out to Team Trump
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has forbidden all government ministers from contacting the new administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. A letter distributed to all cabinet members on Monday instructed government ministers to request permission to make contact through the Prime Minister’s Office or the Israeli Embassy in Washington. The letter was first reported…
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Israel News Settlers Pray Trump Will Make the West Bank Great
On December 25, the Israeli government will force Eli Greenberg to leave his home in the West Bank outpost of Amona, a collection of white trailers on a rocky green ridge overlooking the Dead Sea. The Israeli High Court ordered the evacuation after ruling the settlement was built on private Palestinian land. But despite the…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Warns President Obama To Avoid Lame Duck Mideast Peace Push
Netanyahu asks Obama not to make any Israeli-Palestinian moves in final weeks of term WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said he hoped President Barack Obama would not back any new U.N. initiatives on Palestinian-Israeli peace in the final weeks of his term. “I very much hope President Obama will continue the policy…
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Fast Forward Jewish Federations Demand Implementation of Western Wall Prayer Deal
— The Jewish Federations of North America board of trustees sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underscoring the “growing sense of urgency” on the part of American Jews to see the agreement to create an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall fully implemented. The letter was approved by the board on…
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