Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

World News

After A Tough Election, Israel's Netanyahu Looks To Ease Tensions

4:08pm March 27, 2015

by Greg Myre

The Israeli leader ruffled feathers during the bruising campaign. Since then, he has sought to make amends. In the latest move, Israel is handing over money it had withheld from the Palestinians.

Report: Israel Spied On U.S. Nuclear Talks With Iran

2:20pm March 24, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Wall Street Journal says Israel spied on the talks and passed on the information to U.S. lawmakers in the hopes of undermining the deal. Israel denies spying on the talks.

World News

Israel's Netanyahu Apologizes For Remarks On Arab Voters

2:52pm March 23, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Israeli leader, in an attempt to get his supporters to vote last week, warned that Arab citizens were voting "in droves" to unseat his government. The comments were widely criticized.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks during a news briefing in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday. Boehner's office announced today that he would travel to Israel at the end of the month.

Boehner Plans Trip To Israel This Month

3:39pm March 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The House speaker's visit at the end of the month follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election and his controversial address to the U.S. Congress.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington earlier this month. In an interview with NPR's Morning Edition, Netanyahu said a separate Palestinian state is unachievable

Netanyahu Says A Palestinian State Is 'Unachievable' Today

6:55am March 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Israel's prime minister tells NPR he doesn't want a "zero-state solution" that will jeopardize Israel's existence. Separately, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat accuses Netanyahu of "exporting fear."

Queue Listen Now

People shout slogans during a rally in Rabin's square in Tel Aviv, Israel, late Saturday.

World News

Thousands In Israel Gather In Anti-Netanyahu Rally

12:35pm March 08, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The keynote speaker at the demonstration in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square was given by ex-Mossad chief Meir Dagan, who accused the prime minister of causing great "strategic damage" to Israel.

President Obama said Tuesday that there was "nothing new" in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress about Iran's nuclear program.

'Nothing New' In Netanyahu's Speech, Obama Says

4:43pm March 03, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The reaction to the Israeli prime minister's speech on Iran to a joint meeting of Congress is, so far, along partisan lines. In Israel, too, reaction is mixed. Iran calls it "boring and repetitive."

Iran's heavy water production plant in Arak, Iran, in 2013. This is one of the country's many nuclear facilities, which are spread throughout the country. Iran says it will never abandon its nuclear program despite international pressure.

After Netanyahu's Speech, A Reality Check

3:12pm March 03, 2015

by Greg Myre

The Israeli prime minister has warned about the dangers of the Iranian nuclear program for two decades. He has shaped the debate, but will he influence the final outcome?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. He called the deal the U.S. and its allies are negotiating with Iran

World News

In Speech To Congress, Netanyahu Blasts 'A Very Bad Deal' With Iran

2:28pm March 03, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Israeli premier's remarks are the culmination of a controversy that began in January when he was invited — without input from the White House — to make the speech.

World News

Israel's Netanyahu Says He Is 'Determined To Speak Before Congress'

12:40pm March 03, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Israeli prime minister said his country has a "profound disagreement" with the White House on nuclear talks with Iran, and it is his duty to speak up on an issue that affects Israel's survival.