This is the Forward’s coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister and an influential figure in Israeli politics.
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Israel News Savoring a last hour at the beach, as new coronavirus rules descend on Israel
When Israel announced its latest coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday afternoon, I immediately pulled on my sneakers and headed to the beach. I live in Jaffa, about 10 minutes by foot from the water, but the new rules — which were coming into effect two hours later — would only allow us to venture 100 meters…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu trial postponed after government closes courts over virus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial in three corruption cases has been postponed by over two months, a district court announced on Sunday. The trial was set to begin on Tuesday. It has now been pushed back to May 24. In the very early hours of Sunday, Israeli Justice Minister Amir Ohana announced that emergency…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu surges but still just shy of power: Israel exit polls
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is likely to once again be the largest party in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, but still may fall just short of a governing majority, according to exit polls. Israel’s Channel 11 and 12 found that Likud (currently at 32 seats) is likely to get 36 or 37 Knesset…
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Israel News In third round of Israeli vote, Netanyahu and Gantz must expand electorate
It was supposed to be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s big day, perhaps the push he needed to win the third round of Israel’s endless national election. He was standing next to President Donald Trump at the White House as Trump unveiled his much-awaited ‘plan of the century’ to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It included almost…
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Israel News On a sunny day in Tel Aviv, startup nation’s tech workers unfazed by data debacle
Days after the revelation that a massive election-related security breach exposed the private information of almost 6.5 million Israelis, Tel Aviv tech workers said that the incident exposed something else, too: the messy reality of “Start-up Nation,” when imperfect tech and incompetent politics collide. “It’s the Israeli story,” said tech consultant Eyal Moshe, who was…
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Israel News In third round of Netanyahu v. Gantz, watch Ayman Odeh
As Israel heads into its third elections in 11 months, there is one politician worth following closely: Ayman Odeh, the 44-year-old head of the Joint List, a combined slate of Arab parties. He wants to be taken seriously in all fields of life. Including politics. As the political establishment is focused on round three of…
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Israel News Jews are divided on Trump’s Israel plan but evangelicals bless it — why?
When President Trump rolled out his long-touted “deal of the century” on Tuesday, several evangelical Christian leaders joined him in the East Room, along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of Jewish groups like the Zionist Organization of America and the American Jewish Committee. Among the Christians: Pastor John Hagee, the founder of Christians…
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Israel News Netanyahu, Gantz to meet with Trump on shadowy ‘deal of the century’ peace plan
The Israeli-Palestinian peace plan that will be unveiled at the White House on Tuesday, hailed by President Trump as the “Deal of the Century,” will allow Israel to extend sovereignty over most of its West Bank settlements in return for limited Palestinian autonomy, Haaretz reported. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz…
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