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 Benjamin Netanyahu’s Warning on Iran Falls Flat
One of the Marx Brothers — I think it was Karl — once wrote that history has a way of repeating itself, “first as tragedy, then as farce.” He forgot to mention how hard it is to tell which is which. Case in point: Benjamin Netanyahu’s whirlwind, two-day United States visit at the end of…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Tells U.N. Israel Is Ready to Stand Alone on Iran — And Is Left Alone
(JTA) — The “credible military threat” against Iran that Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to hear while he was in the United States this week eventually emerged — from his own lips. The Israeli prime minister, in a blunt speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, warned that Israel was ready to go it alone…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Calls Hassan Rouhani ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ in U.N. Speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed a charm offensive by Iran’s new president as a ruse concocted by a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” and declared that Israel was ready to stand alone to deny Tehran an atomic weapon. In a combative address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu spoke harshly about Hassan Rouhani,…
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Opinion Bibi’s Peace Dilemma: Defying His Own Party
With the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations operating under a tightly sealed cone of silence imposed by Secretary of State John Kerry, Middle East policy junkies have developed an elaborate guessing game that takes the form of a will-he-or-won’t-he dissection of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intentions. The idea is to examine what’s known about Netanyahu’s past, his…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden Tells J Street Peace Talks Are Best Chance for Stability
WASHINGTON — Instability in the Middle East presents an incentive to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace, Vice President Joe Biden told J Street’s annual conference. After reviewing an array of countries seized by unrest, including Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain, as well as the threat posed by Iran’s suspected nuclear program, Biden said Monday that he…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Urges Obama to Maintain Iran Sanctions During White House Meeting
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to keep sanctions in place against Iran and to even tighten them if Tehran continues its nuclear advances during a coming round of negotiations with the West. Seeking to ease Israeli concerns about U.S. diplomatic engagement with Iran, Obama said Tehran…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu To Ask Obama To Not Lift Iran Sanctions, Says Official
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is to meet today with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, is expected to ask at the meeting that international sanctions on Iran not be lifted. A senior Israeli official, who is familiar with the details of preparations for the meeting, said that while previous meetings between Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Arrives in New York, Promises To Tell Truth About Rowhani
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “tell the truth” during his visit to New York and Washington. “I will represent the citizens of Israel, our national interests, our rights as a people, our determination to defend ourselves and our hope for peace,” Netanyahu said Saturday night as he boarded a flight for the United…
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