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Netanyahu Between a Rock and a Hard Place

By Linda GradsteinMar 26th 2010 – 3:45PM
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ANALYSIS (March 26) -- On Monday night, Jews around the world will celebrate Passover, the "Festival of Freedom" that commemorates the end of slavery in Egypt. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might not be in full festive mood. On the vexing issue of settlements, his freedom is constrained by the conflicting...

Netanyahu and Obama Meet Behind Closed Doors

By Linda GradsteinMar 23rd 2010 – 7:09PM
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(March 23) -- President Barack Obama met at the White House today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel sought to ease the crisis in its relations with Washington. But just hours before the low-key private meeting, the Jerusalem city government announced its approval of 20 new homes in east Jerusalem,...

Mutual Mending as Netanyahu Comes to Washington

By Linda GradsteinMar 22nd 2010 – 7:13PM
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WASHINGTON (March 22) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit here is being marked by a conciliatory speech today by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a dinner tonight with Vice President Joe Biden and a meeting Tuesday with President Barack Obama. The agenda alone is a sign that the U.S. and Israel are...

Biden Blasts Israel for New Building Plans

By Linda GradsteinMar 9th 2010 – 6:43PM
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JERUSALEM (March 9) -- Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had unusually harsh words for Israel after the government approved 1,600 new homes in an ultra-Orthodox East Jerusalem neighborhood. The new construction was announced as Israel and the Palestinians were set to resume U.S.-mediated "proximity" talks after more...

Israel Under Fire for Pushing Arabs Out of East Jerusalem

By Linda GradsteinDec 2nd 2009 – 4:23PM

JERUSALEM (Dec. 2) - East Jerusalem, at the crux of the conflict between Jews and Palestinians for more than 40 years, is more contested than ever this week in light of several reports that suggest Israel is pursuing a deliberate policy of "judaizing" the city Palestinians view as their future capital. A classified...

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Jerusalem Divided: Ehud Olmert, Former Israel PM, Says City Must Be Partitioned

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 20th 2012 - 12:25PM

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided.

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Benjamin Netanyahu Downplays Relationship With Mitt Romney

By Luke Johnson May 17th 2012 - 11:20AM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is describing his relationship with Mitt Romney in terms that are not quite as close as those used by the former Massachusetts governor.

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Netanyahu Creates a Big New Government to Do Nothing but Survive

By James Zogby May 12th 2012 - 09:42AM

Benjamin Netanyahu, ever the master maneuverer, has done it again.

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Israel New Coalition Faces First Rifts

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 09th 2012 - 08:25AM

The first rifts in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's expanded coalition emerged just a day after the Israeli leader brought the main opposition party into his government, with religious and secular parties exchanging threats Wednesday over draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews. Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the...

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Netanyahu, Kadima Party Reportedly Reach Agreement

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 07th 2012 - 09:36PM

In a dramatic turn of events that could influence a possible Israeli strike on Iran, Israeli media reports early Tuesday indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached an agreement with the Kadima opposition party for a unity government, canceling an early election.

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