This is the Forward’s coverage of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister and an influential figure in Israeli politics.
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Fast Forward Rebuffing Bibi, Jewish Agency Appoints Opposition Head
(JTA) — The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors unanimously approved Israel’s opposition leader Isaac Herzog to replace Natan Sharansky as its head. The board voted on the appointment Sunday June 24, accepting the nomination of the Leadership Nominating Committee, composed of the leaders of The Jewish Agency’s constituent organizations – the Jewish Federations…
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Fast Forward Isaac Herzog Tapped as Next Jewish Agency Chief, Rejecting Netanyahu’s Choice
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog is slated to replace Natan Sharansky as the head of the Jewish Agency, after a search committee decided to back his candidacy and reject Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s candidate. This is the first time in 23 years that the prime minister’s choice for the position was rejected. Sources said Netanyahu has…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s Son Pressured Him To Tweet Support For Trump’s Mexico Wall
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair, pressured his father to post a tweet in support of President Trump’s plan to build a wall on the border with Mexico. The tweet, made in January 2017, led the Mexican government to summon the Israeli ambassador to Mexico for a reprimand. The…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Offered To Turn His Jerusalem Home Into A Czech Embassy
(JTA) — Czech President Milos Zeman said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered to give up his own home in Jerusalem if the Czech Republic opens an embassy there. Zeman said this, possibly as a joke, during a speech last week at a gala of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. Zeman,…
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The Schmooze Netanyahu and John Mulaney Worked Out Side By Side In A Paris Gym
It’s a true shame how few so-called “Jews” have read “Alt Neuland,” Theodore Herzl’s classic utopian novel which depicts the founder of early modern Zionism’s vision of what a Jewish homeland could be. The Schmooze has read it. We’ll summarize it here. Years have passed since the nation of Israel’s founding. Term limits are for…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Swore At Israel’s Ambassador For Acting Like He Owned The Place
One of presidential advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner’s responsibilities has been pursuing a Middle East peace plan. And while Kushner has long expressed sympathy for Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once slept in his bedroom — relations haven’t always been smooth. Kushner used profanity to scold Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer for being…
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Community We Live Near The Border With Gaza, And We Want The Violence To End
An Open Letter to Israeli Leadership Dear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, We, members of Other Voice — residents of the Western Negev who live close to the border with the Gaza Strip — are writing to you, yet again, in our call for a long-term political program to end the…
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Opinion Israel’s Propaganda Can’t Hide the Harsh Reality of 123-0 Gaza Killing Count
The Israeli army has declared that Razan al-Najjar, the 21-year-old female medic shot to death June 1 on the Gazan border, “is not the angel of mercy that Hamas propaganda attempts to portray.” Where did the army get this idea? From a Palestinian video clip that shows Najjar tossing a smoke grenade or tear gas…
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