This is the Forward’s coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister and an influential figure in Israeli politics.
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Opinion After Charm Offensive, Time for Benjamin Netanyahu To Act for Israel’s Sake
(UPDATED) President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have made up, and American Jews can breathe a sigh of relief. Such is the conventional wisdom, anyway, the first reaction of those among us who become anxious, angry or alienated every time leaders of the U.S. and Israel are at odds, as if we are…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Brings Charm Campaign to Liberal Lions Den
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. Jews on Tuesday to unite behind Israel after rifts caused by the Iran nuclear talks and later pressed for bipartisan support for the country at a liberal think tank. A day after a fence-mending White House meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, Netanyahu told an assembly of the…
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Israel News Benjamin Netanyahu Proclaims ‘One of Best’ Meetings After Businesslike White House Sitdown
Business as usual isn’t much to write home about, but sometimes it’s all one can hope for. For Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an eventless meeting with President Barack Obama is apparently the best news he had to show for after a tumultuous year in which their never-warm relationship hit the skids. “I didn’t feel…
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Fast Forward Petition Slams Liberal Think Tank for Hosting Benjamin Netanyahu Speech
Scores of progressive and pro-Palestininan activists have signed a petition opposing a left-leaning think tank’s decision to host a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. More than 100 leaders and groups, including a founder of MoveOn.org and Jewish Voice for Peace, have called on the Center for American Progress to scrap the…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Set for First Meeting With President Obama Since Iran Flap
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet on Monday for the first time since the Israeli leader lost his battle against the Iran nuclear deal, with Washington seeking his re-commitment to a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Netanyahu, who infuriated the White House by urging Congress, in an address in March at the…
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Fast Forward White House Expects Benjamin Netanyahu To Outline Ways To Preserve Two-State Option
President Barack Obama expects Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to outline how he plans to make progress toward a two-state solution when they meet next week, his top aides said. The officials, Robert Malley, the top National Security Council official handling the Middle East; Ben Rhodes, another top NSC official; and Dan Shapiro, the U.S….
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Eyes More U.S. Aid in Make-Up Meeting With Barack Obama
Rare agreement between two long-bickering leaders may actually be in the cards when Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama meet on Monday for the first time since the signing of the Iran nuclear deal. Their White House talks will be an important step towards a new U.S. military aid package that could burnish…
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Fast Forward Abe Foxman Urges Bibi To Dump Aide Who Mocked Obama and Kerry
Former Anti-Defamation League National Director Abe Foxman is calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “distance himself” from the appointment of Ran Baratz as head of the Israel’s public diplomacy (hasbara) department in the Prime Minister’s Office. “No apology or explanation can now repair the damage,” Foxman said. “When Netanyahu didn’t know about Baratz’s statement,…
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