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 Netanyahu ‘Baffled’ by U.S. Rebuke Over East Jerusalem Building
The U.S. condemnation of Israeli housing starts in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood is “against American values,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. In an interview Sunday morning on the CBS News show “Face the Nation,” Netanyahu said he was “baffled” by the criticism. “What we are being criticized for is that some Jewish residents of…
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Opinion How Israel Hides Its Asylum Seeker Problem
Lily Padula “There is no asylum seeker problem in Israel.” So said Netanyahu when, following his recent address to members of the Jewish Federations of North America in New York, one of the attendees raised the issue of African asylum-seekers. “They are illegal job immigrants,” the Israeli prime minister said, adding: “Asylum seekers can come…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Reacts to J Street Campaign Comparing Him to Beyonce
Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking on Fusion, the Hispanic-millenial targeting network, reacted to the J Street campaign in which his caricature appears in a Beyonce pose, captioned “If You Like It, Then You Should Put a Border On It.” “You’ve never been compared to Beyonce, I’m sure,” interviewer Jorge Ramos says. “Wow,” Netanyahu says. “There are a…
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Opinion Blaming the Messenger on E. Jerusalem Settlements
(JTA) — That Jerusalem building approval blow-up between the Netanyahu and Obama governments? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pro-Israel media watchdogs like Honest Reporting are pressing the storyline that Peace Now is at fault. Which is kind of like blaming routers for the bad news you posted on the Internet. Let’s review: On Sept. 24 the…
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Life Why Netanyahu and Abbas Might Ask For Forgiveness
Peace Agreement: Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat with U.S. president Jimmy Carter at Camp David, 1978. // Copyright Wikimedia Commons Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ addresses at this year’s United Nations General Assembly were, well, not the friendliest. Netanyahu accused Abbas of war crimes. Abbas…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Urges Barack Obama To Stand Firm in Iran Nuclear Stand-Off
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that he must make sure that any final nuclear deal with Iran does not leave it at the “threshold” of being able to develop nuclear weapons. Even as Netanyahu pressed Obama over Iran, the president urged the Israeli leader to help find…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu Meet Amid Rifts Old and New
(Reuters) — President Barack Obama and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu meet for a new round in their often-tense relationship on Wednesday, facing differences over Iran diplomacy and Middle East peace efforts as well as complications from the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State militants. Hosting the Israeli prime minister in a brief visit to Washington, Obama is…
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Opinion Netanyahu’s Convenient Lies About ISIS and Hamas
Benjamin Netanyahu, left; anti-ISIS fighter, right / Getty Images Speaking at the General Assembly this week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu repeated a refrain he has sounded for three decades (since his days as Israeli ambassador to the U.N.) — that all forms of terrorism are different sides of the same coin and have civilization as…
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