Benjamin Netanyahu

Volunteers from a local monument company help to reset vandalized headstones on Feb. 22 at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb. Since the beginning of the year, there has been a spike in incidents around the country

In Israel, Some Wonder Where The Outrage Is Over U.S. Anti-Semitic Acts

5:00pm February 22, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

Some Israelis criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for offering a less forceful response to anti-Semitic acts in the U.S. than elsewhere. Some say he wants to keep pressure off President Trump.

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President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday.

Transcript And Analysis: Trump And Netanyahu Hold Joint Press Conference

3:30pm February 15, 2017

by NPR Staff

The Israeli prime minister met with President Trump on Wednesday. NPR journalists have annotated their remarks during a midday news conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends the peace conference in Paris on Sunday. Foreign ministers and representatives from about 70 countries are seeking to revive the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Paris Summit Urges Two-State Solution To Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

7:42pm January 15, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The conference, attended by 70 diplomats including Secretary of State John Kerry, nevertheless did not include leaders from the two sides the diplomats mean to reconcile: Israel and Palestinians.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon In Jerusalem Urges Calm As Violence Continues

9:57pm October 20, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The secretary-general's visit comes as recent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians have left dozens dead.

Benjamin Netanyahu To Visit The White House In November

7:54pm September 16, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The meeting signals a possible smoothing of relations between the heads of state after the Israeli prime minister's critical remarks about President Obama's plan to reach a nuclear deal with Iran.

A Palestinian man mourns alongside the body of a one-and-a-half year old boy, Ali Dawabsheh, during his funeral in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday.

World News

Arson Attack That Killed Toddler In West Bank Is Called Terrorism

1:07pm July 31, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

An 18-month old died in the fire. The perpetrators scrawled slogans in Hebrew on an outside wall of the house. Palestinian leaders blamed the Israeli government.

Sen. Feinstein On Iran Deal's Critics: 'What Is Their Alternative?'

2:55pm July 21, 2015

The Democrat says she supports the nuclear deal world powers struck with Iran this week. She notes that Iran stuck to the interim agreement, and says the pact's critics haven't offered other options.

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Interview: Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu On Iran Nuclear Deal

9:27am July 15, 2015

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls the Iran nuclear deal a "historic mistake for the world." NPR's David Greene asks him if Israel is really looking for regime change in Tehran.

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Israel Braces For More Protests By Minority Ethiopian Community

4:46pm May 04, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Security forces have been deployed in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to try to prevent further violence after police and protesters clashed Sunday at rallies to protest police treatment of Ethiopian-Israelis.

NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep interviews President Obama on April 6 at the White House.

Transcript: President Obama's Full NPR Interview On Iran Nuclear Deal

5:03am April 07, 2015

Steve Inskeep interviews President Obama on the framework recently agreed to by Iran, which will see the nation reduce its nuclear capacity in exchange for the lifting of some international sanctions.