Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's New Coalition: Much Ado About Nothing

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Coalition, Israel, Israeli Elections, Israel Likud Party, Israel Knesset, Likud-Kadima Coalition, World News

Rather than pat himself on the back for creating a strong coalition, Netanyahu should strive to create a strong Israel. That, however, would require peace. And peace requires ending the occupation. That will not happen under this prime minister.

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'Iran Must Stop Uranium Enrichment'

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 05.09.2012

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JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday accused Iran of stalling in negotiations over its nuclear program with the international community, and said an ...

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Bibi Unveils Unity Government

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN and DAN PERRY | Posted 05.09.2012

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JERUSALEM — Now backed by a parliamentary supermajority, Benjamin Netanyahu has tremendous room to maneuver on Israel's most pressing issues: pe...

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Israel's Hard Times, and the New York Times

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Anti-Defamation League, Israel, The New York Times, Media News

The New York Times' coverage of Israel, both in its reporting and its editorial pages, is mixed -- problematic in some instances, less so in others. There is a need to continue to be brutally honest with the editors about our perception of their newspaper.

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Middle East Dictators Write to Mayor Bloomberg

Michael Luongo | Posted 01.17.2012

Are Middle East dictators and other leaders, including a dead one, giving New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg advice? These letters reveal the secret.

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Israeli Terror Victims Feel Betrayed by Shalit Prisoner Release Deal

Anav Silverman | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinians, Terrorists, West Bank, Israel, Terrorism, Gilad Shalit, Gilad Shalit Released, Gilad Shalit Deal, Gilad Shalit Free, World News

"I am not asking for revenge now, I am asking for justice. When the government releases these murderers, who are supposed to serve life sentences for their horrific deeds, there is no justice."

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Can Netanyahu and Abbas Reveal The 'Hidden Country'?

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, United Nations, World News

How can our next generation understand or process these cross dialogues, with leaders talking at each other and often avoiding genuine communication?

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Palestine at the UN: A Movable Feast Behind the Rhetoric

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: United Nations Security Council, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, President Obama, Nabeel Shaath, International Criminal Court, Palestine Israel, Un General Assembly 2011, Palestine Statehood, World News

The question is whether the onus would be put on the U.S. to cast a veto and why the Palestinians would want to put Washington on the spot when there is nothing to gain and much to lose.

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Palestine at the UN: What Will Fail, What May Pass and What It Means

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, President Obama, United Nations Security Council, UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, International Criminal Court, World News

What may eventually succeed at the United Nations is upgrading the Palestinian Authority's status from "observer" to a "non-voting observer state," in the General Assembly, a category that now includes the Vatican only.

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Israel Condemns Embassy Attack In Egypt

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL and DIAA HADID | Posted 11.10.2011

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CAIRO — Israel and Egypt's leadership tried Saturday to limit the damage in ties after protesters stormed Israel's embassy in Cairo, trashing of...

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This Time, Israel Can Pass the Test of the Gaza Flotilla

Bradley Burston | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Haaretz, Middle East, Bradley Burston, Gaza Flotilla, Gaza Blocade, Israel, Palestine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, World News

Friends of Israel, countries and individuals that sincerely wish Israelis well, should send a message this week: Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Barak, for your sake, for Israel's sake, let the flotilla sail to Gaza.

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Did Netanyahu Attempt to Score Partisan Points Against Obama in Washington?

Sigurd Neubauer | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Egypt, France, Palestinian Authority, Turkey, Germany, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Britain, Israel Hamas, Intifada, Syria, Mahmoud Abbas, King Abdullah, Forward, Iran, Negotiations, U.S. Congress, Avigdor Lieberman, Russia, Likud, Aipac, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ahmed Davutoglu, 1967 Borders, Obama AIPAC Speech, UN General Assembly, Hosni Mubarak, Nicolas Sarkozy, Arab Spring, Yom Kippur War, Angela Merkel, David Cameron, World News

Conservative republicans may feel more sympathetic towards Netanyahu's leadership style, but it would be foolish to lose liberal Americans by playing up partisan differences by publicly undercutting Obama's call for direct negotiations with Abbas.

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Misreading the White House on the Middle East

Peter A. Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

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The persistent blaming of the United States for the current malaise of the peace process reflects a kind of Israeli and Palestinian denial of their respective responsibilities.

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Israeli PM Forced To Stop Speech By Angry Crowd

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Angry relatives of 42 Israelis killed in a huge forest fire last month forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop his speech Wedne...

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Israel's Government as a Settlement, Lieberman as the New Sharon

Bradley Burston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Politics, Haaretz, Mideast Peace Process, World, Muslims, Mideast, Bradley Burston, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United States, Israelis Palestinians, World News

Keen to avoid elections at literally all costs, Benjamin Netanyahu's actions in recent weeks mean that his government now meets the five essential criteria of a settlement.

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The Unorthodox Solution: Embracing Pluralism And Reason In Israeli Society

Daniel Sokatch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab Israelis, Israeli Knesset, Israeli Society, New Israel Fund, Middle East Conflict, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Religion in Israel, Democracy in Israel, Religious Pluralism, Daniel Sokatch, Israel Housing Decree, Religion News

When dozens of Israeli ultra-Orthodox rabbis signed a formal edict prohibiting Jews from renting or selling real estate to non-Jews, the ensuing uproar was reassuring to those of us working for a democratic, pluralist Israel.

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Israel's Lieberman at UN: Say What?

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Lebanon, Settlements, UN Security Council, French Resistance, Israel-Palestine, Avigdor Lieberman, World News

With the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks wavering before they even begin, will Netanyahu be able to keep Lieberman as foreign minister or need to replace him with someone from the centrist Kadima party?

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UN Flotilla Probe: Verbal Clash of Muddled Mandates

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Turkey, Susan Rice Un Ambassador, Ban Ki-Moon, Alvaro Uribe, Gaza Flotillia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, PM Geoffrey Palmer, UN Security Council, Israel, Ehud Barak, World News

Ban Ki-moon denied the Israeli military was off limits in a U.N. inquiry into the deadly Israeli commando raid on a Turkish-led aid flotilla heading for Gaza. Israel disputes this and no one is sure what the panel's job description is.

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Netanyahu To Be Questioned In Israeli Flotilla Probe

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli commission of inquiry into last month's deadly naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla will summon the country's prime minis...

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Israel Abandoned Our Son In Gaza, Say Parents

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — The parents of an Israeli soldier whose kidnapping led to the Gaza blockade are accusing the government of abandoning their son now ...

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Israel Eases Gaza Blockade: Gains for Hamas and Turkey?

TIME | Tony Karon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Israel's announcement that it will end its prohibition on a wide variety of civilian goods entering Gaza marks the collapse of the Israeli strategy to...

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Israel's Battered Image And Cultural Isolation Fueled By Withdrawal Of Diplomats, Pop Acts

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEL AVIV, Israel — Pounding his piano in blue-tinted sunglasses before nearly 50,000 screaming fans, Elton John took center stage in a battle ov...

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Obama's Passover Seder

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel American Politics, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Joe Biden Vice President, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, President Obama, Seder, Sphinx, East Jerusalem, Red Sea, Jerusalem, Passover Seder, Egypt, Israel American Foreign Policy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Passover, Elijah, World News

Israel's head of state ultimately left America as if he had been banished from Egypt, passed over like some dime store diplomat.

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Post-Biden Visit: Accountability Needed in the Mideast

Peter A. Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

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Netanyahu and Abbas have each endorsed the concept of a two-state solution. Now is the time for the U.S. to demonstrate the leadership needed to rise above their domestic politics and achieve this goal.

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Hubbub About a Snub -- The Truth About Obama and Netanyahu

Marc R. Stanley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rumors that Netanyahu "snubbed" Obama in March are absolutely not true. According to an ambassador who was present the entire time, the meeting followed the protocol of a non-state visit; no pomp, no media, and no photos.

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