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 The Last Thing Netanyahu Wants Is A War With Iran
The US-Iran confrontation in the Persian Gulf is escalating day by day. President Trump’s cautious reservations about the use of American military force in the Middle East—perhaps the only sound strategic pronouncement he has consistently made since before being elected in November 2016—are one factor militating against war. But there are other factors at work…
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Fast Forward Bibi Unveils ‘Trump Heights’ In Golan — But Construction Can’t Start For Months
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new Jewish community in the Golan Heights to honor President Donald Trump will be called “Ramat Trump,” translated as Trump Heights. A sign was unveiled on Sunday, during the weekly Cabinet meeting held in the Golan Heights at the site of the new community. The sign says Ramat Trump in Hebrew…
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Fast Forward Sara Netanyahu Convicted, Order To Pay $15K In Fraud Case
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was convicted of intentionally making use of another’s error in a case that accused her of ordering $96,000 worth of meals from high-end restaurants rather than using the cook at the prime minister’s residence to prepare her food. The confession to taking advantage of someone…
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Fast Forward New Town In Israel’s Golan Will Be Called ‘Trump Heights’
A new town in the Golan Heights will be called “Ramat Trump” — literally, “Trump Heights” — in honor of the American president’s recognition of Israeli control over the area, the Times of Israel reported Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in April that a town would be named after Trump to honor his…
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Opinion Netanyahu Has Changed The Democratic Party – One Candidate At A Time
If you don’t think Benjamin Netanyahu has changed the debate about Israel inside the Democratic Party, just listen to Pete Buttigieg’s foreign policy speech yesterday at Indiana University. Buttigieg is no radical; he’s a darling of the post-Obama Democratic establishment. And yet he said things on Tuesday that would have been unthinkable during Obama’s campaigns….
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Fast Forward Buttigieg: Netanyahu Is ‘Turning Away From Peace’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana who has emerged as a strong contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, said there are signs that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “turning away from peace.” “Just as an American patriot may oppose the policies of the American president, a supporter of Israel…
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Fast Forward Iran Accuses Israel Of Threatening To Destroy It
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Iran’s foreign minister accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of threatening to destroy the Islamic Republic and warned that Tehran would not remain passive. “You should ask a regime possessing nuclear weapons about how Netanyahu stands next to the Dimona (reactor), a nuclear weapons site, and says Iran should be destroyed,” Mohammad…
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Fast Forward U.S. Ambassador Says Israel Has The Right To Annex Part Of West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to Israel did not rule out an Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, land that the Palestinians seek for a state, in an interview with the New York Times published on Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in the run-up to an April election…
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