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Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; since 2022)

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Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister. Born in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu was raised in West Jerusalem and the United States.

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🇺🇸 Netanyahu removes Spain from Gaza coordination centre over ‘hostility’ (2026-04-10)
Israel's Netanyahu accused Spain of waging a 'diplomatic war' against Israel....
🇺🇸 With US blessing, Israel expels Spain from Gaza military strategy center (2026-04-10)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday he was ousting Spain from the U.S.-led civil-military strategy center, in charge of maintai...
🇺🇸 U.S. and Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon (2026-04-10)
There remain many issues that could derail the truce — as well as negotiations for a broader deal to permanently end the war....
🇺🇸 Israel is winning wars but losing American public opinion (2026-04-10)
Bibi's bromance with Trump has pushed away mainstream Democrats and rankled non-interventionist Republicans....
🇺🇸 Iran ceasefire undercuts Netanyahu’s election pitch (2026-04-10)
Military campaign backed by Israeli public falls short of prime minister’s aims ahead of polls...
🇺🇸 4/9: The Takeout with Major Garrett (2026-04-10)
President Trump says he asked Netanyahu to scale back Lebanon strikes; Melania Trump makes a rare statement denying relationship with Jeffrey Epstein....
🇺🇸 Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says, "there's no ceasefire in Lebanon" (2026-04-09)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "There's no ceasefire in Lebanon," and that Israel will continue striking the Iranian-backed militant ...
🇺🇸 Trump says he asked Netanyahu to scale back Lebanon strikes (2026-04-09)
President Trump said Thursday that he urged Israel to scale back its military bombardment of targets in Lebanon, with the U.S. State Department later ...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu: ‘No ceasefire in Lebanon’, Israel open to peace talks (2026-04-09)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasised that a ceasefire is not in effect in Lebanon...
🇺🇸 Iran says it ‘would be dumb’ for US to let Netanyahu kill diplomacy (2026-04-09)
In an implicit response to JD Vance, Iran's Abbas Araghchi warns of the repercussions of Israel's attacks on Lebanon....
🇺🇸 Khanna: Netanyahu in Situation Room 'a betrayal of the American people' (2026-04-09)
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reportedly being in the White House's Situation Room week...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu authorises Israeli talks with Lebanon after Trump intervention (2026-04-09)
Israel’s military campaign against Hizbollah has threatened to undermine fragile truce agreed by US and Iran...
🇺🇸 Trump tells Netanyahu to pull back on Israel's barrage on Lebanon (2026-04-09)
President Trump on Thursday confirmed he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back on a barrage of strikes Israel is conducting in ...
🇺🇸 Israel’s Netanyahu ready for talks with Lebanon ‘as soon as possible’ (2026-04-09)
Israeli PM says his gov't ready to enter negotiations on 'disarming Hezbollah' and 'establishing peaceful relations'....
🇺🇸 Israel to negotiate with Lebanon: Netanyahu (2026-04-09)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he instructed his cabinet to negotiate with the Lebanese government, amid the Israeli mil...
🇺🇸 New Strikes in Middle East Threaten Fragile US-Iran Ceasefire (2026-04-09)
Israel launched powerful attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least 250 people, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Iran says the ne...
🇺🇸 Strikes on Lebanon test U.S.-Israeli relations (2026-04-09)
Israeli strikes on Lebanon have reportedly stalled the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. NBC News' Matt Bradley joins "Here's the Scoop" to explain h...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu: A ‘ceasefire with Iran will not include Hezbollah’ (2026-04-08)
Netanyahu says the US-Iran ceasefire “will not include Hezbollah,” in his first remarks after the ceasefire....
🇺🇸 Insider trading or random guy? It doesn’t matter to Polymarket (2026-04-02)
In mid-March, conspiracy theories swirled claiming Benjamin Netanyahu had been replaced by an AI clone. Though there was no actual proof that the Isra...
🇺🇸 One battle after another: Netanyahu’s new security doctrine (2026-04-01)
The prime minister is preparing Israel for a future of open-ended war against perceived threats...
🇬🇧 Netanyahu claims that victory over Iran would bring peace to Israel. He should look closer to home | Dahlia Scheindlin (2026-03-26)
As Israelis grow weary of sheltering from missile attacks, their prime minister is using the war to distract from the Palestinian issueAn op...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu boasts about ‘breaking boundaries in every sense of the word’ (2026-03-26)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the country is working to expand its 'buffer zone' from Lebanon....
🇺🇸 Netanyahu says Trump sees opportunity for deal with Iran (2026-03-23)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that President Trump sees an opportunity for a deal with Iran as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with ...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu is gambling with Israel’s future (2026-03-23)
Perpetual war and fading American popular support is a formula for disaster...
🇺🇸 As Netanyahu prepares for elections, his foes in Iran and Lebanon could get a vote (2026-03-21)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon have to decide when to hold Israel's next elections. But with war raging on multiple fronts and no end in ...
🇺🇸 The Israeli border towns driving Netanyahu’s hard line on Lebanon (2026-03-21)
Government is pushing a hyper-aggressive military strategy against Hizbollah to avoid mass evacuations in the country’s north...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu says revolution in Iran will require 'ground component' to war (2026-03-20)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that overthrowing Iran's regime will require a "ground component" along with a revolution, ...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu denies Israel dragged U.S. into war with Iran (2026-03-19)
Netanyahu denies Israel dragged U.S. into war with Iran...
🇬🇧 Netanyahu says Israel 'acted alone' in attack on Iranian gas field (2026-03-19)
Speaking at a news conference, the Israeli leader said Trump had requested that there be no further such attacks....
🇺🇸 Netanyahu: Israel 'acted alone' against Iran gas compound (2026-03-20)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel "acted alone" in its attack on Iran's largest gas compound, action that President Tr...
🇺🇸 Israel launches more strikes on Tehran as Iran continues attacks on Gulf oil facilities (2026-03-20)
The latest strikes come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel would "hold off on future attacks" on Iran's en...
🇺🇸 Unpacking Netanyahu’s latest claims about the war on Iran (2026-03-20)
Benjamin Netanyahu claimed to have made significant progress in 20 days of war on Iran but indicated more is to come....
🇺🇸 Trump’s Complaint About Israeli Strike on Gas Field Exposes Divergent Strategies (2026-03-19)
President Trump said he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel he disapproved of the attack, which sent energy markets reeling. But Israeli ...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu says Iran’s uranium enrichment abilities destroyed (2026-03-19)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iran no longer has “the capacity to enrich uranium."...
🇺🇸 US-Israel strikes have destroyed Iran’s ability to enrich uranium, Netanyahu says (2026-03-19)
Israeli prime minister suggests war will end ‘a lot faster than people think’...
🇺🇸 Stock futures tick higher, but S&P 500 heads for fourth losing week in a row amid rising oil prices: Live updates (2026-03-19)
The major averages posted back-to-back losses on Thursday, placing the S&P 500 on track for a fourth consecutive losing week....
🇺🇸 Netanyahu says Iran is being 'decimated' but revolution requires 'ground component' (2026-03-19)
Netanyahu's comments came after President Donald Trump, speaking in the Oval Office, said earlier that he would not send U.S. troops to the Middle Eas...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu says Iran no longer has uranium enrichment capacity (2026-03-19)
Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles after 20 days of ⁠U.S.-Israeli air attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjam...
🇺🇸 Stocks whipsaw in choppy trade after Netanyahu says Iran can’t enrich uranium (2026-03-19)
🇺🇸 Watch: Netanyahu gives national address on Iran war (2026-03-19)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his nation on Thursday, giving an update on the state of the war with Iran. Netanyahu praised Pres...
🇺🇸 Iranians burn Trump, Netanyahu effigies at warship victim rally (2026-03-18)
Iranians in Tehran burned effigies of Israeli PM Netanyahu and US President Trump....
🇺🇸 Benjamin Netanyahu tries to dispel viral rumors of his death, fueled by AI paranoia (2026-03-18)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become the subject of a widely debunked but ongoing claim that he is dead, a particularly high-profile e...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu’s Iran ‘fixation’ finds its moment in Trump (2026-03-18)
Israeli prime minister has spent decades trying to anchor the US in a confrontation with Tehran...
🇬🇧 Trump needs to reject Netanyahu’s quest for a forever war | Kenneth Roth (2026-03-18)
Instead of regime change, all the bombing has produced so far is regime reinforcement and no end in sightWith the US-Israeli bombing of Iran...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu Hopes Strikes on Iran Will Lead to Uprising and Regime Change (2026-03-18)
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🇺🇸 Could the Iran war keep Netanyahu in power for longer? (2026-03-17)
Huge support in Israel for joint US bombing campaign in Iran....
🇺🇸 Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone (2026-03-16)
Social media platforms are currently awash with conspiracy theories claiming that Benjamin Netanyahu has been killed or injured and replaced by AI-gen...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu’s rivals compete to outdo him over Iran (2026-03-16)
Israel’s opposition parties criticise PM’s management of war even if they express strong support for offensive...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu posts video in response to Iran rumours that he is dead (2026-03-15)
🇺🇦 Netanyahu requests talks on Ukrainian interceptor drones with Zelensky, media reports (2026-03-15)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky on the topic of Ukrainian interceptor drones a...
🇬🇧 Ella Baron on Trump, Netanyahu and the victims of the war in the Middle East – cartoon (2026-03-13)
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/13/ella-baron-cartoon-war-middle-east-donald-trump-us-iran">Continue reading...</a...
🇺🇸 Any Way You Look at It, Netanyahu Wins (2026-03-13)
The war in Iran is a victory for the Israeli prime minister....
🇬🇧 As hopes of regime change in Iran fade, Netanyahu faces political test (2026-03-13)
Israeli leaders are framing the bombing campaign as having transformed the Middle East in their favour as pressure to end the conflict builds....
🇺🇸 Netanyahu wants to ‘create conditions’ for Iran regime change (2026-03-13)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wants his country’s attacks on Iran to help bring about regime change....
🇺🇸 Netanyahu says Israeli strikes killed Iranian nuclear scientists (2026-03-13)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said several Iranian nuclear scientists were killed in Israeli strikes....
🇺🇸 Netanyahu says Israel ‘stronger than ever’ in first speech since Iran war (2026-03-12)
Prime minister says US-Israeli war prevented Iran from moving its nuclear and ballistic projects underground....
🇺🇸 Trump Wants to Bend Iran. Netanyahu Wants to Break It. (2026-03-11)
American goals are starting to conflict with Israel’s....
🇺🇸 Netanyahu says there is 'more to come' on Iran (2026-03-10)
Netanyahu says there is 'more to come' in Iran...
🇬🇧 Ella Baron on Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran – cartoon (2026-03-08)
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/08/ella-baron-presidents-new-clothes-donald-trump-us-israel-war-on-iran-cartoon">C...
🇺🇸 Benjamin Netanyahu says "moment of truth is approaching" in Iran war (2026-03-08)
Towering flames cast an eerie orange glow over Tehran overnight after Israel struck what it said was an Iranian military fuel depot. Matt Gutrman repo...
🇺🇸 Israel’s president responds to Trump call to pardon Netanyahu (2026-03-08)
Herzog said Israel is a sovereign state that follows the rule of law after Trump urged him to grant Netanyahu a pardon....
🇺🇸 How Trump and Netanyahu launched attacks on Iran (2026-03-08)
Last June, President Donald Trump announced U.S. strikes on Iran had "completely and totally obliterated" key facilities of that country's nuclear pro...
🇺🇸 Trump-Netanyahu’s ‘war in search of a strategy’ (2026-03-07)
An illegal war, two leaders in cahoots and media outlets struggling to meet the moment....
🇬🇧 The chaos of a failed state in Iran would be a perfectly acceptable outcome for Netanyahu | Aluf Benn (2026-03-07)
The Israeli PM’s war on its nemesis is playing well domestically. But real safety for Israelis requires another leader altogether<ul><li>Alu...
🇺🇸 How Netanyahu could benefit from Israel's war against Iran (2026-03-06)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political career could benefit from the current conflict in the Middle East. CBS News' Robert Berger has more....
🇺🇸 How Trump Decided to Go to War (2026-03-04)
President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was set off by the determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to end diplomatic...
🇺🇸 Gavin Newsom Compares Israel to “Apartheid State,” Urges U.S. Rethink on Military Support (2026-03-04)
The California governor made the remarks at an event to promote his new memoir, 'Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery.'...
🇺🇸 MAGA Thinks Netanyahu Played Trump on Iran (2026-03-04)
Some of the president's supporters are raging after Marco Rubio said the quiet part out loud about the war against Iran...
🇺🇸 Tucker Carlson sought to talk Trump out of Iran war: Report (2026-03-02)
Tucker Carlson reportedly sought to talk President Trump out of going to war with Iran, The New York Times reported Monday. In a lengthy piece that ou...
🇺🇸 With Iran, Trump and Netanyahu are Doing the Free World a Favor (2026-03-01)
American hearts should be moved by moments like this, when free nations band together to administer justice and supply hope....
🇺🇸 Why Diplomacy Was Doomed: Trump’s Issue Was Iran’s Leadership Itself (2026-03-01)
President Trump’s envoys negotiated with Iran over its nuclear program. But Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel wanted much more...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu’s war? Analysts say Trump’s Iran strikes benefit Israel, not US (2026-03-01)
War with Iran contradicts the US president's own criticism of regime change policies in the Middle East, analysts say....
🇺🇸 Netanyahu claims ‘many signs’ Iran’s Khamenei ‘no longer alive’ (2026-02-28)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may be "no longer alive."...
🇺🇸 Netanyahu showcases WWII book during his call with Trump (2026-02-28)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a picture during his conversation with President Trump of a World War II book on his desk....
🇺🇸 Trump and Netanyahu go for Iran’s jugular (2026-02-28)
Washington is ill-equipped to handle the regional conflagration it has unleashed...
🇺🇸 US and Israel Launch Strikes Against Iran (2026-02-28)
US president Donald Trump said a “major combat operation” against Iran had begun as he called for the country’s government to be overthrown....
🇺🇸 Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools — Again (2026-02-17)
Netanyahu has gotten Trump to focus on Iran and ignore the destructive things Bibi is doing in Gaza, in the West Bank and inside Israel....