Benjamin Netanyahu
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Also written as: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu · Netanyahu
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- Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted that he may be considering taking unilateral action to prolong a costly war with Iran
- Those attacks have stopped far short of the unilateral strikes on Iran hinted at by Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday
- On the day Karim Khan was going to visit Israel, he cancelled the visit, held a news conference, and accused Netanyahu and the former defense minister of war crimes.
- Later that day, Kushner huddled with Netanyahu and his delegation to go over a framework for a Gaza ceasefire deal.
- Observers including Donald Trump believe that Benjamin Netanyahu wants to keep the United States engaged in the fight against Iran
- In September 2025 Benjamin Netanyahu publicly declared that there will be no Palestinian state to the west of the Jordan River.
- Israel was prepared to fight alone if necessary
- Critics accused Benjamin Netanyahu of political opportunism ahead of upcoming elections.
- Javier Milei and Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged compliments at the United Nations
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s campaign to bring the International Criminal Court to heel is to defend Israel’s Netanyahu and others
- Netanyahu fully supports Donald Trump's efforts against Iran, including if the United States does not renew major strikes, and Israel and the United States constantly share intelligence on the Islamic Republic.
- Netanyahu has appeared at the United Nations almost every year during his prime ministership.
- In September 2025, Kushner stood in the Oval Office as Netanyahu called Qatar’s prime minister following an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha.
- Benjamin Netanyahu’s framing sparked intense online debate.
- Mohamed bin Zayed also shared his concern with CIA Director William Burns and told him that he had tried to convince Benjamin Netanyahu that Gaza was approaching an “explosion.”
- Donald Trump said he does not need Benjamin Netanyahu to tell him that Iran is stockpiling uranium because Netanyahu wants him to stay involved
- Netanyahu’s 55-page document says later intelligence showed Hamas did not choose October 7 because of Israel’s internal political crisis.
- Aaron David Miller said what the changing relationship might mean for future United States military assistance to Israel remains to be seen
- The President of the United States sent Jared Kushner to negotiate peace talks with Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Barak has increasingly criticized Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him a threat to democracy.
- Benjamin Netanyahu publicly framed a Flydubai in‑flight emergency as terrorism.
- Aaron David Miller said Trump’s leaked criticism of Netanyahu, his direct negotiations with Hamas, his lifting of sanctions on Syria despite Israel’s objections, and his negotiations with Iran without Israel’s involvement all point to a changing relationship
- Barak believed that Benjamin Netanyahu was a criminal
- Aaron David Miller said Benjamin Netanyahu had a major role in how the war started and will not have a role in how it shifts to its next phase
- If Iran attacks Israel, Israel's response will be very, very forceful.
- The Iran war will end when the Iranian regime falls or weakens to the extent that it understands it must end its nuclear program.
- Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to do whatever is necessary to guarantee Israel’s security
- Israel has officially struck Iran only once since April’s initial ceasefire between the United States and Iran took effect
- Netanyahu may lack the support of United Torah Judaism and Shas.
- Some in Israel were confident Israel could strike unilaterally at Iran, while others expressed caution that Netanyahu’s talk might be little more than rhetoric ahead of an election that could jeopardise his legacy and personal freedom
- Birthright Taglit was co‑founded by Charles Bronfman and Michael Steinhardt with the backing of Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Javier Milei called Benjamin Netanyahu “one of the greatest leaders in the history of the world”
- Israel can only have one strategy: to strike directly at the head of the octopus that threatens global civilisation and to do that alone if necessary
- The fight against Iran began in late February with a joint United States‑Israeli attack that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
- Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon
- UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed called Benjamin Netanyahu approximately 10 days before the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
- Netanyahu requested that security forces apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice, stating Israel will not tolerate vigilantism of any kind.
- Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly responded that Israel was prepared and that the more volatile threat probably came from the West Bank, not Gaza.
- Donald Trump said Iran might be a great country, might be annihilated, and might be sent to hell.
- Netanyahu has claimed that Iran is on the brink of crossing the threshold to nuclear weapons capability
- Benjamin Netanyahu continues to bomb Gaza and block justice for Americans killed under his watch.
- In June 2019, Barak emerged from retirement to form a new party aimed at challenging Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Netanyahu was among the loudest voices that pushed for Donald Trump to withdraw in 2018 from the nuclear deal agreed to by former President Barack Obama
- Benjamin Netanyahu praised Javier Milei's economic policies
- Netanyahu's office called the report "recycled lies," said he never met or spoke with Kamel before October 7, that no Israeli official conveyed such a warning, and noted that Egypt itself had officially denied issuing any warning on October 11, 2023.
- Benjamin Netanyahu denied that the phone call took place and said he plans to sue the reporters at Haaretz.
- Turkey issued an international arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an investigation into Israel's interception of an aid flotilla for Gaza and its detention of hundreds of activists on board.
- Benjamin Netanyahu described Javier Milei as “one of the great leaders of our time”
- The ceasefire later broke down and the two sides resumed hostilities in the US‑Israel war on Iran
- The International Criminal Court is seeking Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
- Benjamin Netanyahu had the 40-page blueprint called “Jericho Wall” which outlined the entire detailed attack.
- Israeli officials discussed the warning but did not interpret it as notice of an imminent attack from Gaza.
- Benjamin Netanyahu posted the article on X, offering no comment alongside it.
- The Haaretz allegation does not establish that Benjamin Netanyahu knew the scale, timing or tactics of the Oct. 7 attack.
- On August 31, 2026, Netanyahu said that generals had decided not to anger Hamas, not to wake him, and not to strike preemptively.
- Reviews by the Prime Minister’s Office, National Security Council and military secretariat found no record of such a call or of an Emirati representative bringing the secure telephone reportedly used for their conversations.
- Since spring 2025, Kushner has been a leading administration voice in the Middle East, advising Trump and flying across the globe to negotiate with leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Benjamin Netanyahu is currently engaged in war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.
- Netanyahu has consistently pursued a hawkish line on Iran
- UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed called Benjamin Netanyahu to warn him that Hamas was preparing a major attack against Israel.
Statements attributed to it
- On the day Karim Khan was going to visit Israel, he cancelled the visit, held a news conference, and accused Netanyahu and the former defense minister of war crimes.
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- Netanyahu fully supports Donald Trump's efforts against Iran, including if the United States does not renew major strikes, and Israel and the United States constantly share intelligence on the Islamic Republic.
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- Netanyahu has appeared at the United Nations almost every year during his prime ministership.
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- Karim Khan used Israeli war crime accusations as a method to divert attention away from his own criminal activities.
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- If Iran attacks Israel, Israel's response will be very, very forceful.
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- The Iran war will end when the Iranian regime falls or weakens to the extent that it understands it must end its nuclear program.
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- New York Jews are uncomfortable given the antisemitism situation in the city.
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- Zohran Mamdani celebrated the October 7 massacre.
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- Zohran Mamdani sourced his information from Karim Khan and is fomenting hate through his arrest threats and war‑crime accusations.
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- Benjamin Netanyahu praised Javier Milei's economic policies
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- Benjamin Netanyahu described Javier Milei as “one of the great leaders of our time”
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- The stabbing attack at a New York synagogue that occurred the day after Zohran Mamdani's comments is not accidental.
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- The Lebanese military's ability to clear certain areas of Hezbollah terrorists remains to be seen, but Israel is willing to give the agreement a try.
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- Netanyahu intends to come to New York despite New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani saying he would not be welcome in the city.
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- Iran's Islamic republic is on the verge of collapse.
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- US‑Israeli attacks have set Iran's nuclear program back by a good few years.
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- Karim Khan, the ICC chief prosecutor who promoted the arrest warrant against Netanyahu, has been completely exposed as a criminal following his dismissal from the ICC over sexual harassment allegations.
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- The deal indicates that Hezbollah's ability to intimidate Lebanon's government and its president has been sharply reduced.
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- Recent developments with Lebanon are positive, with Israelis and Lebanese speaking directly, resulting in a deal recently signed between Israel and Lebanon.
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- Iran must end its nuclear program with or without a deal.
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- Zohran Mamdani supports Hamas despite his claims to the contrary.
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- The decision whether to renew major strikes on Iran is, in many ways, the decision of United States President Donald Trump.
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- Donald Trump was absolutely right in conditioning the US‑Saudi nuclear deal on Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords.
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- An Iranian nuclear weapon would be a mortal peril to every United States citizen, and Israel will pursue all means to prevent it.
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- Tehran has the potential to rebuild sites and capabilities damaged or destroyed in US‑Israeli strikes.
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Voices are counted, never weighed. This is a record of what this entity has been recorded as saying — not a measure of whether it is right.
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