U.S. President Barack Obama praised Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for urging his cabinet to accept a U.S. proposal to extend a freeze on W. Bank settlements. The freeze would be extended for 90 days, RFE/RL reported.
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Clinton offers Netanyahu security pledge
November 12th, 2010 |
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Hillary Clinton assured Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s security requirements will be fully taken into account in any future peace deal with the Palestinians. U.S. secretary of state and the visiting Israeli prime minister ended multiple meetings over seven hours in New York Thursday with a declaration of the U.S. government’s “unshakable commitment to Israel’s security and to peace in the region.”
Netanyahu’s strategy for White House summit
July 5th, 2010 |
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Israel is setting out its strategy for a White House summit on Tuesday, VOA reports. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his upcoming White House meeting will focus on advancing peace talks with the Palestinians.
Netanyahu downplays tensions with U.S.
March 28th, 2010 |
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Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has moved to ease tensions with the U.S., describing the two countries’ relations as those of “allies and friends”. Netanyahu also dismissed reports one of his confidants called U.S. President Barack Obama a “disaster” for Israel.
Netanyahu, cabinet to meet on Israeli-U.S. rift
March 26th, 2010 |
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to consult with his cabinet late Thursday. VOA reports that the meeting will come after he failed to repair a rift with the United States over construction in East Jerusalem.
Obama, Netanyahu hold evening talks
March 24th, 2010 |
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The talks came after Israel’s recent announcement of plans to build 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for more than three hours at the White House, late Tuesday, amid unusual tensions in the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Clinton, Netanyahu offer differing views of dispute
March 23rd, 2010 |
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However, both sides voiced confidence in the strength of their bilateral relationship in separate speeches to a pro-Israel U.S. lobbying group. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are offering up differing views about Israel’s recently announced housing plans for East Jerusalem. Meanwhile, at a Monday conference in Washington, the two sides suggested that the spat was behind them and voiced confidence in the strength of the bilateral relationship.
Netanyahu rejects U.S. demand on settlements
March 22nd, 2010 |
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected U.S. demands that the Jewish state freeze Jewish settlements around Jerusalem. The Israeli leader was speaking before departing for the United States where he is to address a pro-Israel lobby and meet with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Netanyahu urges calm on settlement dispute
March 14th, 2010 |
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to calm tensions concerning plans for an expansion of a Jewish settlement in disputed East Jerusalem. Netanyahu told Cabinet members Sunday to “not get carried away,” as he discussed the strain in relations with Washington.
Netanyahu, Abbas say talks hinge on moves by other
September 24th, 2009 |
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders demanded the other shift positions that risk thwarting Pres. Barack Obama’s demand that the two sides resume peace talks soon. In media interviews at the United Nations in New York, where they met Obama Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas must end his refusal to recognize Israel explicitly as a Jewish state and Abbas said Israel must discuss dividing control of Jerusalem.
Daoud Kuttab: Deflating Netanyahu’s Jerusalem Claims
July 27th, 2009 |
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Israel’s policies towards the holy city will guarantee that the desired peace process continues to elude Palestinians and Israelis.
Netanyahu Invites Abbas To Talk Peace
July 12th, 2009 |
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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday invited the Palestinians to sit down immediately to talk peace, but the Palestinian leader maintained his demand that first Israel must halt all West Bank settlement constru…