This is the Forward’s coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister and an influential figure in Israeli politics.
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Looking Forward ‘People thought we were dead’: They spent 27 hours under fire from Hamas — then Netanyahu used their home for an Elon Musk photo op
How YouTube cartoons, a child's comb, Bamba and psalms helped a young family survive Oct. 7
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Opinion It’s time for Israel’s far right to go
America’s support for Israel must have limits, and the demands of Jewish extremists for Gaza go beyond them
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Fast Forward 16 more hostages are freed as Netanyahu vows to resume war at truce’s end
Hamas has offered to release four more sets of hostages to extend the truce, but it is not clear whether Israel would accept
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Fast Forward Massive Israeli rally for hostages — and different views on how long Netanyahu should lead
Some who don't want him to stay in power said he shouldn't leave before the hostages are all home
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Music Viral Israeli Simon & Garfunkel parody calls on right-wing politicians to ‘Get Out of Here’
Little-known children’s musicians get traction with blunt lyrics
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Fast Forward Netanyahu rejects calls for ceasefire and resignation as he calls war against Hamas ‘battle of civilization against barbarians’
The Israeli leader also blamed the war’s mounting death toll on Hamas, the terror group that governs the Gaza Strip
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Fast Forward ‘This is our second independence war,’ Netanyahu declares as Israeli troops battle inside Gaza
U.N. says Gaza residents broke into storehouses to get basic supplies as humanitarian crises deepens
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Opinion Netanyahu has turned his back on Israel’s hostages, and abandoned Israel in its darkest moment
Israel's prime minister is plowing ahead with a campaign against Gaza with no apparent plan to protect Israeli hostages
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