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 Israel’s Next War? Could Be Gaza, Not Iran or Syria
If Israel goes to war with any of its neighbours before this year ends it will be with Gaza not Syria, despite appearances. The Israeli army fired into Syria on Monday for the second day in a row, after a Syrian mortar round from fighting across the disengagement line hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Sunday’s…
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Opinion Disunity Key To Defeating Netanyahu
After the latest political earthquake in Israeli politics — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to join with Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avidgor Lieberman to create right-wing “mega party” Likud-Beiteinu — Israeli liberals and centrists are panicking. They fear that the merger has locked up Netanyahu’s chances of winning another term and that they will give Lieberman…
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Opinion For Bibi, Two Setbacks on Tuesday
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reeling from not one but two disappointments on Tuesday. It is widely believed that he was desperate for Mitt Romney to win the American presidential election. But he also had an eye on another election at home. The main religious-Zionist party Jewish Home was holding its primaries to choose…
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Fast Forward Obama Win Means New Headaches for Bibi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an even more awkward time with Washington and re-energised critics at home who accused him on Wednesday of backing the loser in the U.S. presidential election. With Iran topping his conservative agenda, Netanyahu will have to contend with a strengthened second-term Democratic president after four years of frosty dealings…
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Opinion Israelis Care — But Not Enough To Wake Early
Israelis professed great interest in the U.S. election — but evidently not enough to lose sleep over it. The US-Israel time difference meant that by getting up just a few minutes early, Israelis could watch the moment of truth. The Association of Americans & Canadians in Israel, with the support of the Jerusalem Post, offered…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Congratulates Obama on Election Win
Israeli leaders congratulated President Obama on his reelection. “The strategic alliance between Israel and the U.S. is stronger than ever,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a short statement issued Wednesday morning in Israel shortly after Obama delivered his victory speech. “I will continue to work with President Obama in order to assure the interests…
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Fast Forward Iran’s Nuclear Slowdown Puts Off War For Now
A slowdown in Iran’s accumulation of its most sensitive nuclear material may have helped put off the threat of a new Middle East war for now, but Tehran’s expanding uranium-enrichment capacity suggests any relief could be short-lived. By dedicating a big part of its higher-enriched uranium to make civilian reactor fuel, Iran is removing it…
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Fast Forward Israeli Army Resisted March to Iran War
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak ordered Israeli defence chiefs in 2010 to prepare for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities but were rebuffed, a television report said. Excerpts released on Monday of an Israeli Channel 2 documentary said the armed forces’ chief of staff at the time, Gabi Ashkenazi, and Mossad…
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