Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem
Mar 21, 2010 18:55 EDT
Israel's Netanyahu, before going to US, says no restrictions on building in east Jerusalem. Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister said Sunday hours before he left for Washington, despite a clear U.S. demand that building there must stop and a crisis in relations between the two longtime allies.
UN chief in Gaza calls for lifting of Israeli blockade
Mar 21, 2010 15:55 EDT
UN chief Ban Ki-moon slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory on Sunday, saying it was causing "unacceptable suffering."
Obama invites defiant Israeli PM for talks
Mar 21, 2010 15:32 EDT
US President Barack Obama on Sunday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet him at the White House, even as the Israeli leader rebuffed a key US demand to halt settlement construction in east Jerusalem.
Pro-Israel meeting airs feared scars in US-Israel ties
Mar 21, 2010 15:30 EDT
A pro-Israel conference opening Sunday exposed fears that a row over Jewish settlements had left scars in US-Israeli ties and raised the risk of Israeli strikes against Iran's nuclear program.
UN chief in Gaza calls for lifting of Israeli blockade
Mar 21, 2010 13:55 EDT
UN chief Ban Ki-moon slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory on Sunday, saying it was causing "unacceptable suffering."
Obama invites defiant Israeli PM for talks
Mar 21, 2010 13:22 EDT
US President Barack Obama on Sunday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet him at the White House, even as the Israeli leader rebuffed a key US demand to halt settlement construction in east Jerusalem.
Pro-Israel meeting airs feared scars in US-Israel ties
Mar 21, 2010 13:21 EDT
A pro-Israel conference opening Sunday exposed fears that a row over Jewish settlements had left scars in US-Israeli ties and raised the risk of Israeli strikes against Iran's nuclear program.
Netanyahu firm on settlements before U.S. visit
Mar 21, 2010 13:16 EDT
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he had told Washington in writing, just before heading for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, that Israel would not stop Jewish settlement around Jerusalem.
Obama invites defiant Israeli PM for talks
Mar 21, 2010 12:42 EDT
US President Barack Obama on Sunday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet him at the White House, even as the Israeli leader rebuffed a key US demand to halt settlement construction in east Jerusalem.
Obama invites defiant Israeli PM for talks
Mar 21, 2010 11:50 EDT
US President Barack Obama on Sunday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet him at the White House, even as the Israeli leader rebuffed a key US demand to halt settlement construction in east Jerusalem.
Israel PM insists no halt to Jerusalem settlements
Mar 21, 2010 10:05 EDT
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed there would be no halt to settlement building in east Jerusalem but said Israel was willing to widen the scope of planned indirect peace talks with the Palestinians.
Obama invites Israel PM to White House
Mar 21, 2010 09:40 EDT
President Barack Obama has invited Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet him in Washington on Tuesday to discuss Middle East peace efforts, Netanyahu's office said.
Palestinians slam Israel over killings, Jerusalem
Mar 21, 2010 09:16 EDT
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas slammed Israel on Sunday over the killing of four Palestinians and said Israeli comments on Jerusalem were not helping restart peace talks, his spokesman quoted him as saying.
Netanyahu stands firm on Jerusalem before U.S. visit
Mar 21, 2010 08:55 EDT
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had written to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton making clear Israel would not curb Jewish housing construction in disputed areas in and around Jerusalem.
Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank
Mar 21, 2010 07:19 EDT
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed two Palestinians who tried to stab a soldier on Sunday, the Israeli army said, in West Bank violence that placed further strain on U.S. efforts to get indirect peace talks under way.
No Israeli concessions on Jerusalem: Netanyahu
Mar 21, 2010 06:27 EDT
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday ahead of a trip to the United States that there would be no Israeli concessions on settlement building in east Jerusalem.
US envoy in fresh Mideast peace mission
Mar 21, 2010 06:07 EDT
US envoy George Mitchell arrived in Israel on Sunday in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced.
Israel PM vows to continue with settlement policy
Mar 21, 2010 05:58 EDT
Israeli construction policies in Jerusalem are the "same as in Tel Aviv," hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, adding he will continue to build settlements in the Holy City.
UN chief backs Palestinian state on Mideast mission
Mar 20, 2010 21:48 EDT
The international community "strongly supports" Palestinian efforts to build a state, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said, branding all Israeli settlement activity illegal.
UN chief backs Palestinian state on Mideast mission
Mar 20, 2010 17:24 EDT
UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday that the international community "strongly supports" Palestinian efforts to build a state and branded all Israeli settlement activity illegal.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Benjamin Netanyahu בנימין נתניהו | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 31 March 2009 | |
| President | Shimon Peres |
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| Preceded by | Ehud Olmert |
| In office 18 June 1996 – 6 July 1999 | |
| President | Ezer Weizman |
| Preceded by | Shimon Peres |
| Succeeded by | Ehud Barak |
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| In office 2006 – 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Amir Peretz |
| Succeeded by | Tzipi Livni |
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| In office 2003 – 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Shimon Peres |
| Succeeded by | Silvan Shalom |
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| In office 2002 – 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Silvan Shalom |
| Succeeded by | Ehud Olmert |
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| Born | 21 October 1949 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Political party | Likud |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Religion | Judaism |
