This is the Forward’s coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister and an influential figure in Israeli politics.
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The Schmooze What Do Bibi and Chelsea Handler Have in Common?
Has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu been reading that classic self-help book by Dale Carnegie? It would appear, at least according to Time magazine’s latest list, that he has indeed been winning friends and influencing people. For the second year and a row, Bibi has been named by Time as one of “The100 Most Influential…
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The Schmooze Bibi’s 5,000 Indonesian Facebook Fans
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no different from the rest of us when it comes to trying to boost our online presence and optimize our social networking reach. You may have heard about his recent efforts to get more people to “like” his official Facebook page, some or which got him into a little…
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Opinion Where Does Kadima Go Without Tzipi?
If Tzipi Livni’s defeat in the Kadima leadership contest results in her diminution in Israeli public life, then Shaul Mofaz’s victory will prove to be entirely Pyrrhic. If Livni merely heads towards the door marked exit and retires from public life, Israel’s domestic scene and the international community will be all the poorer for it,…
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Opinion Goodbye Tzipi, Hello Shaul
The results of the elections for leadership of the Kadima party are in and Shaul Mofaz has won a decisive victory over Tzipi Livni. With 100% of the votes counted, Mofaz won 61.5 percent to Livni’s 38.5 percent. Ouch. There was nothing really for Livni to say as she stood in front of her supporters…
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The Schmooze Eliezer Melamed Criticizes Netanyahu’s ‘Inflated Ego’
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accustomed to mockery from the left for his conviction that Israel is on the brink of grave danger from Iran. But now he faces harsh words from one of the far right’s most renowned ideologues. Eliezer Melamed, the very same rabbi who caused furor and state sanctions against his…
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Opinion What Ashton Really Said: Watch the Video
The foreign policy chief of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, is under furious attack for a speech she gave March 19, several hours after the deadly shootings at the Ozar Hatorah school in Toulouse, in which she mentioned the Toulouse attack and deaths of Palestinian youths in Gaza in the same sentence. First Israeli Foreign…
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News What if Santorum Wins? Mossad Push Back on Iran
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis talks with Forward opinion editor Gal Beckerman and news editor Larry Cohler-Esses about resolutions that were passed by state legislators in Florida and South Carolina calling for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Then, the group considers if Jewish Republicans will get behind Rick Santorum if he…
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Opinion Epidemic of Dysfunction Dogs Netanyahu
The pioneering 19th century Yiddish novelist Mendele Mocher-Sefarim (Mendele the Book-Peddler) was best known for lovable characters like “Fishke the Lame” and poor “Benjamin the Third,” but he started his career writing biting satires about corrupt Jewish community leaders. It’s hard to know which genre he’d be writing if he lived in Israel today. The…
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