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 Heads to U.N. To ‘Refute All the Lies’ About Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would “refute all the lies” being directed at Israel in his upcoming address to the United Nations General Assembly. Netanyahu made the remarks two days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in his speech to the General Assembly accused Israel of committing a “war of genocide” in Gaza. Netanyahu…
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Culture In Search of the Bibi Haters in Israel
Ten young people, more or less, were congregating in front Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence late on a Saturday night and repeatedly shouting, “Bibi, resign! Bibi, resign! Bibi, resign!” Bibi didn’t seem to be here; in any case, he wasn’t answering. It was August, during the height of the conflict, and the young people here were ultra-rightists,…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Lauds Sacrifice for Israel in Rosh Hashanah Message
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Rosh Hashanah greetings spoke of the painful year that passed and pledged his nation’s support to Diaspora Jews dealing with virulent anti-Semitism. “Over the past few months, three of our teenagers were kidnapped and brutally murdered, thousands of rockets were fired at our country and too many of…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Calls ISIS, Hamas ‘Branches of Same Poisonous Tree’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called ISIS and Hamas “branches of the same poisonous tree” after the former group released a video showing the beheading of a British aid worker. The terror group on Saturday released a video showing the apparent murder of David Haines, who was kidnapped in Syria in March of last year…
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Opinion Déjà Jew: IDF’s Top Guns Slug It Out for Top Spot
Fresh from the long war with Hamas in Gaza, tensely facing down simmering unrest in the West Bank and chaos on the Syrian border, Israel’s defense establishment is now bracing for what’s shaping up to be the most bruising confrontation of all: the choosing of the next chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces….
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Fast Forward 43 Intelligence Reservists Vow to Stop Spying on Palestinians
Dozens of intelligence corps reservists vowed to stop collecting information on Palestinians. The letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was signed by 43 reservists, of whom 10 are officers, from the 8200 signal intelligence unit of the Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence corps. It was also Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and Aviv Kochavi, who…
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Opinion Could Lieberman Topple Bibi? We’ll Know Soon
Well, I said he’d do it and he’s doing it. Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has reportedly (see here and here) offered the job of United Nations ambassador to the information and homefront defense minister, Gilad Erdan, when current ambassador Ron Proshor steps down in December. Erdan’s departure would bring the next candidate on the…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Talks Peace Prospects With Israeli and Palestinian Leaders
John Kerry spoke with Israeli and Palestinian leaders about peace prospects in the Middle East. Kerry, the U.S. secretary of state, spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday and met Wednesday with Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator. Kerry raised with Netanyahu the Obama administration’s call for Israel to reverse…
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