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 AIPAC Quietly Courts Liberals Under Cloud of Iran
(JTA) — At the AIPAC conference, a sea of 16,000 Israel supporters spent their time talking Iran policy amid the swirling controversy over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. To the sidelines fell discussion of the Israeli elections, the peace process and Israeli innovation — as well as another quieter aim of the three-day…
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Israel News Netanyahu Says Two-State Solution Is No Longer Relevant
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday that the “Bar Ilan speech,” from June 2009, in which he expressed support for creating a “demilitarized Palestinian state that would recognize the Jewish state,” is no longer relevant, in light of the current reality in the Middle East. Netanyahu made the statement at a Likud party press…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Major Powers Say They Will Wait for ‘Right’ Iran Deal
Several major powers’ governments have indicated that they will not sign a bad agreement with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “Following my speech to Congress, we heard – over the weekend – several of the major powers’ foreign ministers saying that they do not see the need to reach an agreement forthwith and…
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Fast Forward 40,000 Gather for Anti-Netanyahu Rally in Tel Aviv
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered at a rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square calling for a change in the government. The anti-Netanyahu rally held on Saturday night, which attracted up to 40,000 people, was billed as the “Israel Wants Change” event, and was organized by the One Million Hands movement, a grassroots campaign against…
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Israel News What Do Israelis Think About Americans? Start With Disdain.
Though Israel is a famously fractious society, Israelis tend to agree on one thing: Their strongest supporters are an inherently dupable people. “Most Israelis think Americans are pro-Israel and we can sell them anything, especially mud from the Dead Sea,” said David Lifshitz, the lead writer for the Israeli comedy show “Eretz Nehederet,” or “Wonderful…
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Opinion Bibi Speech Gave Us Green Light To Openly Debate Israel — at Last
When historians look back on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, they may not focus on what he said about Iran which contained little that was new. The speech may be remembered more as marking the moment when many lovers of Israel felt emboldened to say what they have felt for years – that…
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Fast Forward BBC Reporter Defends Tweet Claiming Benjamin Netanyahu Played ‘Holocaust Card’
A BBC journalist defended his claim that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exploited the Holocaust to further his agenda. Jeremy Bowen, the Middle East editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation, made the claim on Twitter on Tuesday, during Netanyahu’s speech to the U.S. Congress decrying nuclear talks with Iran. Netanyahu pointed to Holocaust memoirist and…
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Opinion WATCH: Jon Stewart on Bibi and ‘Angry Jews’
You might have missed these two essential video clips commenting on the week’s news. Fear not — here they are. One features Jon Stewart and Aasif Mandvi on the debate surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit and its impact on the print newspaper industry. The other, erudite meteorological comment on the horrid weather socking us as March…
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