This is the Forward’s coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister and an influential figure in Israeli politics.
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Community Could Benny Gantz Become The Next Prime Minister Of Israel?
Despite multiple corruption scandals, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retains significant public support and still has the best chance of any candidate to keep his position when the next Israeli elections roll around. But a new political player is rising in the polls: Benny Gantz, former chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces. Over…
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Opinion TIME’s Honor Of Brave Journalists Shows What Happens When Our Leaders Embrace Despots
As a journalist, especially as a Jewish journalist, I was gratified that TIME magazine chose to honor the members of our profession who have displayed extraordinary courage, even at the cost of their own lives, simply to do their jobs. “The Guardians” is how editor Ed Felsenthal described the group of journalists, alive and dead,…
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Community Less Than Half Of Jewish Israelis Want Netanyahu To Remain PM
According to the latest monthly update of the Peace Index of the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University, just 46% of Jewish Israelis named current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as their preferred candidate for the next prime minister. Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, a former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, followed…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Tried To Get Out A Story Attacking Naftali Bennett’s Wife
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu tried to convince the owner of a popular news site to run a negative story about the wife of a political rival, according to a television report. Israel Television News reported that the prime minister called on Shaul Elovitch — at the time the owner of Walla News — to…
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Opinion Israel Keeps Covering For Its Anti-Semitic Friends — And Endangering Diaspora Jews
The Israeli government is collaborating with nationalist regimes in Eastern Europe to diminish the legacy of the Holocaust. Again. That is the gist of an exclusive report from Barak Ravid, a leading journalist in Israel, regarding a controversial planned museum in Hungary. Scoop: Israel negotiating with Hungary over controversial revisionist Holocaust museum – my story…
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Forward 50 2018 Julia Salazar
Contested Identity, Uncontested Election Julia Salazar sprang to public attention when she surprisingly defeated incumbent Martin Dilan in the Democratic primary for a New York State Senate seat. A young woman with South American roots coming from the left of the party to shock a centrist, Salazar was hailed as a Jewish Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She…
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Fast Forward Sexual Misconduct Case Against Netanyahu Spokesman Keyes Closed
The Civil Service Commission said Thursday it had closed the case against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman for the foreign media, David Keyes, who had been accused by at least 14 women of sexual misconduct. The allegations led Keyes to take leave from his post and he reportedly will resign. “There is no evidence or…
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Opinion Israelis And Palestinians: Say No To Politicians Who Want Us To Be Enemies
Once again, Israel and Gaza seemed on the brink of war. And once again, a delicate ceasefire has been reached. And yet, while it’s a relief not to be at war, there is a sense of the return of the awful same. Leaders on both sides are desperately trying to impress their constituents by exploiting…
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