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Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (also Binyamin Netanyahu born 21 October 1949) is the current prime minister of Israel. He previously held the same position from June 1996 to July 1999 and is currently the Chairman of the Likud Party.

Netanyahu is the first (and, to date, only) Israeli prime minister born after the State of Israel's foundation. Netanyahu was Foreign Minister (2002-2003) and Finance Minister (2003-August 2005) in Ariel Sharon's governments, but he departed over disagreements regarding the Gaza Disengagement Plan. He retook the Likud leadership on 20 December 2005. In the 2006 election, Likud did poorly, winning twelve seats. In December 2006, Netanyahu became the official Opposition Leader in the Knesset and Chairman of the Likud Party. In August 2007, he retained the Likud leadership by beating Moshe Feiglin in party elections. Following the 10 February 2009 parliamentary election, in which Likud placed second and right-wing parties won a majority, Netanyahu formed a coalition government.

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Ami Kaufman: Israel: We Choose Trees

The Huffington Post - 4hrs 49mins ago

Well, Israel finally did it. We finally managed to actually remove an illegal settlement. Oops... Wait a minute... Looks like this "settlement" is in Israel proper! And oops! Looks like its status...

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Abbas to Haaretz: Peace possible in 6 months if Israel freezes all settlements

Haaretz - 11hrs 37mins ago

Arab League backs Palestinians on restarting talks

Associated Press - 12hrs 40mins ago

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Gingrich on cover of Adelson’s Israeli daily: US polices could lead to a “second Holocaust” «

Coteret - 2 days ago

Sheldon Adelson’s Tabloid freebie , Israel Hayom (cynically called by many the “Bibiton” — “Netanyahu paper”) provided a pl...

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U.S. presses Abbas to resume direct peace talks with Israel

Haaretz - 3 days ago

US links support for Palestinians to direct talks

Associated Press - 3 days ago

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A failing grade for the Sestak report

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Obama, Netanyahu to move on from tense showdown

Agence France-Presse - 2 days ago

Washington — US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

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Netanyahu: I deceived US to destroy Oslo accords > Palestine > Redress Information & Analysis

Home > Redress Information & Analysis - 4 days ago

Jonathan Cook considers the significance of a video that has surfaced showing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu...

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Damaging Netanyahu Video Emerges

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US Cash for Israeli Settlements: Making a Mockery of the Moratorium

Spiegel - 6 days ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have declared a freeze on new Settlements, but constr...

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Israel: Controversial conversion bill shelved

Associated Press - 6 days ago

Jerusalem — Israel's government is shelving a bill on Jewish conversions that drew sharp criticism from American Jews. In a statement, go...

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Gaza Flotilla Massacre: Goldstone Commission II Essential

Mathaba - 6 days ago

Called an Independent Public Commission, Netanyahu said it will demonstrate clearly "to the entire world that the state of Israel acts according to law, transparently and with full ...

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Get Ready: Jeff Goldberg Kicks Off Iran War Campaign In Atlantic Next Month

TPMCafe - 7 days ago

A few weeks ago I wrote that the Atlantic's Jeff Goldberg was busy at work on a magnum opus for "The Atlantic" calling for a bombing attack by the United S...

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