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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden rages calling Netanyahu a list of names accusing him of lying

Joe Biden has vented his anger at Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of profanity-laden rants, accusing the Israeli prime minister of 'regularly lying to him' during the war in Gaza, according to a bombshell new book. President Biden's 'frustrations and distrust' of Netanyahu 'erupted' last spring, Woodward writes, as the war in Gaza became increasingly destructive and spread into Rafah, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Middle East is on the brink of all-out war – what happens next?

The Telegraph

The pressures bearing down on the Israeli prime minister as he calibrates his promised retaliatory strike on Iran are immense. Caught in a military cul-de-sac following the Oct 7 massacre and a feeling in Israel that the wider war was being lost, Benjamin Netanyahu has, since April, been taking the fight to his enemies and is once again riding high …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Eye on the Middle East | Israel's mass protests and Netanyahu's far-right gambit

Hindustan Times

In the summer of 1995, as Yitzhak Rabin pushed forward with the Oslo Accords based on territorial compromise, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, spearheaded protests against the Oslo process and Rabin himself. Led by Israel’s largest trade unions such as Histadrut, the protests were triggered by Hamas’ murder of six hostages and directed against Netanyahu for his failure to “bring them home”, …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Biden had words with Bibi. Only action will do

LA Times

A woman washes pots amid the rubble in Rafah in southern Gaza on Friday. President Biden’s phone message to Netanyahu: Israel must take “specific, concrete and measurable steps” to alleviate the humanitarian crisis. Not since Biden’s reportedly tense call with Netanyahu on Thursday in which we’re told the president demanded that Israel take “specific, concrete and measurable steps” to alleviate …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

As war grinds on in Gaza, Netanyahu comes under pressure at home to quit

The Hindu

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Houdini of Israeli politics and its longest serving Prime Minister, has been written off many times before. ‘Bouncing back’ “Netanyahu has been buried politically many times before and bounced back,” said Emmanuel Navon, a former Likud member and political science professor at Tel Aviv University. Gen. Benkler said the “hostages will not come home while Bibi is …

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9 months ago

'Bibi-Stop Killing': Angry Israelis March Outside Netanyahu Residence Amid Gaza War | Watch

Hindustan Times

'Bibi-Stop Killing': Angry Israelis March Outside Netanyahu Residence Amid Gaza War | Watch Israeli protesters took to the streets against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 21. Angry Israelis demanded the return of captives in Gaza and for national elections to be held early. Waving Israeli flags, protesters held banners saying, “Bibi, stop killing Israel.” Watch INTERNATIONAL NEWS #antinetanyahuprotest #earlypolls …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Netanyahu is losing control in Israel. The U.S. is struggling to deal with him.

Politico

That has made Netanyahu reluctant to take American advice on the war, and it suggests that U.S.-Israeli tensions will grow as Palestinians struggle to survive Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. “It’s not always clear who’s driving the train” in Israel, said a U.S. official familiar with American-Israeli discussions. Netanyahu, whom many Israelis simply call “Bibi,” is Israel’s longest-serving prime …

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1 year, 1 month ago

A month after the Hamas-led attack on Israel, people are united in their rage against Benjamin Netanyahu

ABC

For months, Israel has been on the brink of a civil war, spurred by government plans to drastically change parts of Israeli life and society. Security usually holds Israel together Anger at Netanyahu has been boiling for 10 months over his unwavering push to change Israel's judiciary, handing the government more power over judicial appointments and court decisions. For months …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas War: ‘Bibi, you have blood on your hands,' Israelis staged protest against PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Live Mint

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, numerous individuals who are showing support for the hostages and their families are currently engaged in protests, expressing their dissatisfaction with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's management of the crisis. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} As reported by The Times of Israel, Levy, 62, a protestor, from Tel Aviv, said “I want Benjamin Netanyahu and all his people to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

War in Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu's power-sharing government could keep a broader war at bay.

Slate

The formation of a unity government in Israel, with power shared by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and one of his most popular political opponents, is a major development—a necessary step to sustain support for the war, on the home front and among Israel’s allies, as the fighting is about to intensify. Just as important as the step itself—which was announced …

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2 years, 1 month ago

The new Jewish state in the Levant: A fanatics-led nuclear power

Al Jazeera

Israel is about to get the most extreme government in the country’s history. It is sure to include the Jewish state’s new rising star Itamar Ben-Gvir — a violence-spewing, Palestinian-hating radical on whose support the government will stand. A majority of religious nationalists and ultraorthodox parties in government, the first in Israel’s history, would want to transform the Jewish state …

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3 years ago

Report: Trump slammed Netanyahu for congratulating Biden

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Former President Donald Trump earlier this year lashed out with profanity at Benjamin Netanyahu for congratulating President Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. election, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday. Trump appeared to be particularly incensed by a video released by Netanyahu on Jan. 20, the day Biden was inaugurated, in which Netanyahu said he and Biden …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Benjamin Netanyahu: Who is Israel’s longest-serving leader?