This is the Forward’s coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister and an influential figure in Israeli politics.
Benjamin Netanyahu
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Slams Mahmoud Abbas For Light Rail Attack in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for the light rail attack in Jerusalem that killed a 3-month-old girl. The Prime Minister’s Office spokesman, Ofir Gendelman, on his official Twitter feed identified the driver of the car that crashed Wednesday into the Ammunition Hill station in northern Jerusalem as a Hamas…
-
Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Withdraws Support From Conversion Bill
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly has withdrawn his support for a bill that would allow local rabbis to oversee conversions. The bill, sponsored by the Hatnua party led by Tzipi Livni, passed one reading in the Knesset plenum in the summer. The Orthodox Chief Rabbinate, which oversees all conversions in Israel, opposes the measure….
-
Opinion Is Israel Abandoning Push for Two States?
In a potentially explosive report, veteran Yediot Ahronot defense commentator Ron Ben-Yishai writes on Ynet that Israel is headed toward a new confrontation with the United States and its allies in the wake of this summer’s Operation Protective Edge. The Americans and Europeans insist that Israel must strive for a two-state solution with the Palestinians,…
-
Opinion Why Benjamin Netanyahu Is Wrong To Cite ‘American Values’ in Jerusalem Feud
Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn a goodly measure of criticism for his latest verbal tussle with the White House, culminating in his charge that the Obama administration violated “American values.” Frankly, most of the criticism is undeserved. There’s a lot to be said about the exchange and the bilateral tensions it reflects, but the prime minister’s…
-
Opinion A Kippah on the Head of Israel’s Intelligence Chief
It seemed at first little more than a throwaway line in an otherwise wonkish interview-profile of Israel’s outgoing chief of Military Intelligence, Major General Aviv Kochavi, appearing September 19 in Yediot Aharonot. “In the final days of his term in M.I.,” military correspondent Alex Fishman wrote, “Kochavi finds himself trying to make the case that…
-
Opinion Why Hamas Never Wanted War — and Knows It Lost
Hamas is eager to have Mahmoud Abbas’s U.S.-trained Presidential Guard take control of the border crossings between Gaza and Israel. But the Islamist organization isn’t likely to give in to pressure from Abbas and the West to put its own military wing under Abbas’s control, nor to let officials of the proposed Fatah-Hamas unity government…
-
Fast Forward White House Hits Back Hard at Benjamin Netanyahu Over Jerusalem Settlements
The White House rejected criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a withering response on Monday, accusing him of refusing to acknowledge how much help the United States has been to Israel over the years. A long-time split between President Barack Obama and Netanyahu appeared to widen further after the Israeli leader’s visit to…
-
Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Holds Bible Study Session With Parents of Slain Teens
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a Bible study session, attended by the parents of three Israeli teens kidnapped and killed this summer. Iris and Uri Yifrach, Rachel and Avi Fraenkel, and Ophir and Bat-Galim Shaar joined the Tanach Study Circle, a tradition started by Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, and which was renewed…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed
- 2
Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
- 3
Fast Forward Hanukkah shooting leaves at least 15 dead at Australia’s most popular beach
- 4
Fast Forward Father and son suspects in Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack identified as Sajid and Naveed Akram by law enforcement
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion What can really be done to prevent antisemitic attacks like Bondi Beach?
-
Fast Forward Norman Podhoretz, Commentary editor and archetypal Jewish neoconservative, dies at 95
-
Opinion I’m a neuroscientist. Here’s why Ahmed al Ahmed’s bravery at Bondi Beach strains our narratives.
-
Opinion The Israel news we don’t hear – and the forces that silence us
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
