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Allow me to ask a question from you. Why does U. S. media feel so responsible for allaying Mr. Netanyahu's concerns and fears?

He said Mr Netanyahu had expressed condolences and offered help in trying to locate Israeli citizens who had died.

Mr Netanyahu's supporters say that he is simply trying to shore up his right flank before embarking on substantive negotiations.

Mr. Netanyahu has not declared his support for a two-state solution. He has also said he supports allowing Jewish settlements to expand.

So when Barack Obama meets Binyamin Netanyahu in the White House on May 18th, he must be tough with him.

Mr. Netanyahu did not comment on the settlement freeze but added a demand of his own.

A few days after Mr Abbas said he had had enough, Binyamin Netanyahu was meeting Mr Obama in the White House.

But the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the oath would make clear the essentially Jewish nature of Israel.

Netanyahu said he would meet any Arab leader to talk about peace and called on the Palestinians to immediately restart peace talks.

Netanyahu, Obama said the US diplomatic route to curb Iran's nuclear program would be reassessed by year's end.

None of this civil agenda endears him to the religious parties that are Mr Netanyahu's natural allies in the "national camp" .

"Based on my experience with Mr Netanyahu, he did what he thought he had to do to keep the ball rolling, " said Bill Clinton.

He came in second in recent parliamentary elections. Netanyahu wants centrist rivals to join him in a unity coalition.

Mr Netanyahu said the victory of the "national camp" had been unequivocal.

But she said that it is possible to resolve the core issues facing Netanyahu and Abbas within one year.

Mr Netanyahu is loth to lose any of his coalition partners and reluctant to open a rift within his own Likud.

Mr. Netanyahu said he values Mr. Obama's efforts and that Israel is willing to make "generous compromises for peace. "

Netanyahu said he did not intend to expand the settlements or build new ones, but would allow "normal lives" to continue.

Mr Barak is trying to persuade people, not least in his own party, that Mr Netanyahu is sincere.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was about to leave for the U. S. when President Obama made the announcement that infuriated him.

Netanyahu said it was a " fundamental condition" to end the conflict that the Palestinians accept Israel as the state of the Jewish people.

Mr. Netanyahu said that while allies sometimes have disagreements, the U. S. and Israel are trying to come to an understanding.

And what Netanyahu said was that he is not going to do any of that.

It was an "unprecedented" offer, Netanyahu trumpeted, with the joy of a chess master springing a trap.

Lower-level officials will meet next week to work out a plan for the next meeting between Netanyahu and Abbas, Mitchell said.

The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the report was a farce which must be rectified immediately.

He said Mr. Netanyahu is killing Gilad, and he demanded the prime minister change his policies and bring the soldier home immediately.

In a conversation with President Obama last week, President Sarkozy said about Mr Netanyahu "I can't look at him any more; he's a liar. "

Palestinians respond that Mr Netanyahu is not ready to negotiate a two-state agreement.

Palestinian officials accused Mr. Netanyahu of trying to divert attention from the settlement freeze.

And Mr Netanyahu's American backers may, he fears, have to batten down in the face of some stormy years ahead under Mr Obama.

Mr Netanyahu said he would take unspecified "concrete steps" that could lead to direct talks between his government and the Palestinians.

The Palestinians cannot and should not accept the sort of state that Mr Netanyahu is offering.

Demonstrators accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not seriously consider their demands for reform.

Despite weeks of international pressure, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not extend the moratorium.

Netanyahu said the Palestinians were in conflict with Israel long before settlement construction began in 1967.

Gordon Brown reportedly had a heated telephone call on Wednesday with Netanyahu, who pressed him to vote against the resolution.

Mr Netanyahu and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, both say they are ready to resume talks without preconditions.

It was a real cliffhanger, as Bibi Netanyahu defeated Shimon Peres by less than 1 percent of the vote.

The prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, did not agree, suggesting strains within his ruling coalition.

As if to rub salt in Palestinian wounds, Mr Netanyahu attended a tree-planting ceremony inasettlement when Mr Mitchell was still in town.

But there were no peace talks and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, basically ignored him on settlements.

Mr Netanyahu has been quick to realise that public sparring with a much strengthened American president is no longer sensible.

For Mr Netanyahu it will mean dumping some of his coalition partners and perhaps, too, some of his own Likud loyalists.

Barack Obama has given up trying to force Mr Netanyahu to halt settlement-building in the West Bank.

But he has concluded that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has no interest in a deal.

Netanyahu wants centrist rivals to join him in a unity coalition.

In April, I saw King Hussein and Prime Minister Netanyahu in an attempt to keep the peace process from falling apart.

By his intransigence Mr Netanyahu has played into the hands of those who would destroy Israel.

Netanyahu reacted angrily to Obama's high-profile endorsement of it as a starting point for resuming negotiations.

Then Netanyahu and Arafat signed the agreement , just before the sun went down and Shabbat began . The Middle East peace was still alive.

Speaking in Jordan Sunday, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Mr. Netanyahu would abide by agreements signed by his predecessors.

However last night, Washington said Netanyahu's speech was "an important step forward" , because of the mention of a Palestinian state.

Mr. Netanyahu said peace can only be achieved through direct talks, and he urged the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table.

Barack Obama, who had recently told Mr Netanyahu to make the move, gave it a cautious welcome.

Mr Netanyahu insists that Sara, his third wife and mother of his two sons, keeps scrupulously out of affairs of state.

Obama went from his speech to a meeting with the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu.

Yet Mr Netanyahu's bleak vision may not be winning as many Israeli minds as he would like.

Netanyahu warned that if the trend is not stopped, the number of Africans entering Israel could rise to 100, 000 a year.

Barack Obama should make it very clear to Mr Netanyahu that he would not do that.

Mr Netanyahu said he had written to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to remove any doubt about the issue.

Mr. Obama cannot allow himself to be intimidated by Mr. Netanyahu, nor can he wink if the Israeli air force bombs Iran's nuclear facilities.

At his briefing Mr Netanyahu added his own oracular line: "Israel reserves the right to act in self-defence. "

Netanyahu's request did not come as a surprise to me.

In March of this year Mr Netanyahu was humiliated during a White House meeting devoid of the customary pomp.

Mr. Netanyahu has not yet publicly committed himself to the two-state solution with the Palestinians favored by the U. S.

Each morning, on their way to work, Mr Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, had to drive past them.

At the end of our talks, Arafat and Netanyahu asked me to field all the press questions.

A few weeks ago Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, seemed likely to say yes.

Mr Netanyahu was invited back and was supposed to drop by this week. After the raid he flew directly home to Israel from a visit to Canada.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel is "engaged in close contacts with the United States" to try to restart the peace talks.

As Shalit was welcomed home Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised a stiff response to any acts of violence.

Netanyahu said he was ready for talks with the Palestinians but was sceptical about what they could achieve.

Mr Netanyahu is refusing, after a ten-month freeze, to stop Israelis building settlements on the West Bank, the core of a Palestinian state.

Mr. Netanyahu told his Cabinet that the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip in 2005 did not bring peace or security.

Once the building had stopped, so he hoped, it would be hard for Mr Netanyahu to defy world opinion and start again.

Pushing Netanyahu risks alienating Israel's strong base of support among the U. S. public and in Congress.

In a televised ceremony at the president's office, Mr. Netanyahu accepted the invitation to form a ruling coalition.

But Binyamin Netanyahu had not actually put his best foot forward.

To Netanyahu's dismay, Obama doesn't appear to have a hidden policy. It is what he said it was.

In his acceptance speech, Mr. Netanyahu said Iran's development of nuclear weapons is the greatest threat facing the State of Israel.

Serious negotiation over the biggest issues can only take place, says Mr Netanyahu, face-to-face between Israelis and Palestinians.

On Christopher's advice, I invited Netanyahu and Arafat to the White House to talk things over.

Indeed, if it's the latter, he may well find himself (like Clinton) privately frustrated with Netanyahu's tough policies.

For Mr Netanyahu that would mean dumping his coalition's ultra-Orthodox parties, which he calls his "natural allies in the national camp" .

One world leader with a particular interest in whether Iran gets a bomb, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, opted to stay away.

The Iranian regime appears to be splitting at the top. This could challenge Netanyahu's security framework.

Mr. Netanyahu told the Cabinet that Israel would respond harshly to any Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks.

We condemned Mr Netanyahu for the "arrogance of his assumption that the Palestinians will in the end accept whatever he offers them" .

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the U. N. General Assembly on Friday. Afterward, Mr.

Days later, Netanyahu responded by saying Israel needs to let settlers "lead normal lives" - a euphemism for building more homes.

Mr. Netanyahu convened security consultations following the bus explosion, which he called a "terror attack in Bulgaria. "

Netanyahu was offering a partial freeze, not including new settlements in East Jerusalem, the desired capital of a future Palestinian state.

But the Netanyahu this time around I think is more disciplined, probably his pragmatic streak is closer to the surface.

But Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, said Israel would not apologise for its soldiers defending their lives.

Mr. Netanyahu acknowledges that military strikes would pose "complications and difficulties" and thus "should be a last resort. "

She stressed the main work will have to be done by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

But Mr. Netanyahu is having trouble winning support from his right-wing coalition partners.

Mr. Netanyahu commented Friday at the start of his second meeting this week with U. S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell.

THE last time Binyamin Netanyahu visited Canada, in 2002, he had to cancel a stop at a Montreal university after protests turned violent.

Speaking at the weekly Cabinet meeting here in Jerusalem, Mr. Netanyahu said "Israel wants peace agreements with all of its neighbors. "

Sunday brought word that Netanyahu had extracted a promise from the U. S. that cast Obama as Monty Hall in Let's Make a Deal.

Even if he wanted to, Mr Netanyahu would find it hard to cut a deal with Mr Abbas and keep his coalition together.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the Palestinians not to take unilateral steps toward establishing an independent state.

Now -- because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not someone whose hidden intentions can be trusted.

Mr. Netanyahu spoke to his Cabinet a day after the Arab League endorsed indirect peace talks for a period of four months.

Commentators have said that Netanyahu and Barak declined to give Panetta an ironclad assurance that Israeli would not act alone.

But Mr Netanyahu may yet win the political war, as he has a strong claim to the prime ministership.

Is Mr Barak saying what Mr Netanyahu cannot yet say but is, however reluctantly, preparing to say if the negotiations go well?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government was "giving the truce a chance, " but was prepared for its possible collapse.

Neither Mr Netanyahu nor Mr Abbas seems ready or able to begin negotiations, let alone agree to lasting peace.

And notwithstanding that "unshakable bond" , Mrs Clinton is insisting that Mr Netanyahu must comply with a string of fresh demands.

On Friday, President Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

Mr. Netanyahu has accepted the idea of a Palestinian state, but with significant conditions and without East Jerusalem.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose party came in second in national elections last week, is in line to return to power.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Palestinians' plan to seek statehood recognition at the United Nations is "futile. "

Livni and Barak support the creation of a Palestinian state ; Netanyahu does not .

The movement's leaders are preparing to spar with a government committee hastily set up by the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu.

Israel's hands are also on the trigger. Netanyahu warned that if rocket attacks resume, Israel is prepared for a ground assault on Gaza.

Cabinet Minister Gilad Erdan of Mr. Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party says terrorists cannot be freed at any price.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded that the Palestinians have refused to resume peace talks despite Israeli concessions.

Already in Washington, Mr Netanyahu had to backtrack by setting up a committee to "reconsider" the cabinet decision.

Ideologically, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees with that.

But Netanyahu visited the United States declared that month, Israel refused to return to the "no defense" of the 1967 borders.

Playing down the differences, Gillerman says Mr. Netanyahu is confident that the two allies can find common ground.

The Palestinian response was swift and unequivocal, dismissing Mr Netanyahu's suggestion out of hand.

Israel and its allies in Congress, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel enjoys broad influence, were sharply opposed.

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, said his country's sovereignty had to be defended.

With security as a major concern in the elections, polls have hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party in the lead.

Israel's Binyamin Netanyahu has spent much of the past month cocking a snook at the White House.

Mr. Netanyahu took a hard line on Palestinian statehood when he met with Mitchell on Thursday.

The parliamentary arithmetic does not sustain any alternative candidate for prime minister except Mr Netanyahu.

Both Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line leader Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in what is still a very tight race.

Holding to his position only gives Mr. Netanyahu an excuse not to seriously engage.

But Netanyahu added that to secure a lasting peace, he believes the Palestinians will have to recognize Israel's permanent legitimacy.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promising economic reforms but has failed to satisfy social activists.

Mr Obama urged Mr Netanyahu to grab "an historic opportunity to get a serious movement on this issue" .

Mr. Netanyahu's Likud Party opened talks with the Labor Party, in an effort to cast the new coalition he forms as broad and moderate.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to ease tensions with Syria by calling for a resumption of peace talks.

Netanyahu's record of delivering on his right-wing promises has not been perfect.

She pledged to work closely with whatever government emerged at the end of Mr Netanyahu's still fraught coalition-building.

Israeli President Shimon Peres has asked right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next Israeli government.

Its ruling clerics, whom Netanyahu described as a "messianic apocalyptic cult, " believe time, history, and Allah are on their side.

Shas party officials said earlier this month that Yishai would do "everything possible" to persuade Netanyahu not to extend the freeze.

Palestinian officials have warned that unless Mr. Netanyahu endorses the two -state solution , there is no sense in resuming peace talks .

It was formally cancelled by Binyamin Netanyahu when he was elected four years later.

On Monday, U. S. envoy George Mitchell will be meeting with Mr. Netanyahu and is expected to further discuss stopping Israeli expansion.

The Israeli interior ministry's announcement came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a five-day visit to the United States.

During a February phone call, she rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his refusal to extend a settlement freeze.

If Obama lacks the political will to stand up to Netanyahu now, he will lack the capacity later.

Mr. Netanyahu's case is that being "prepared to adopt a policy of restraint on the existing settlements" is indeed a concession.

Mr Key confirmed reports that he had received several phone calls from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the day of the quake.

But an election may not come until 2013; time enough, say Mr Netanyahu's supporters, for him to show his empathy with the demonstrators.

Iran, using this proxy force, would probably unleash it on the world if Netanyahu were to bomb the Bushehr I reactor.

Analysts say Mr. Netanyahu knows it is not in Israel's interest to antagonize Washington - the Jewish state's biggest ally and supporter.

Mr Netanyahu has said he wants Israeli forces to "finish the job" and oust it from power in Gaza.

The spokesman said Mr. Netanyahu's conditions would not lead to a complete and just peace.

Netanyahu was correct in saying that support for Pollard's release has come from a broad segment of American political and cultural life.

The U. S. envoy is due to meet Monday with Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Netanyahu said Israel needs to improve the plight of the middle class, but stressed that the government must be "fiscally responsible. "

A ten-month moratorium on Israeli settlement building in the West Bank expired and was not renewed by the government of Binyamin Netanyahu.

The question is whether Mr. Netanyahu is able or willing to lead his country to a peace deal.

Therefore, as a matter of simple justice, President Barack Obama should grant Netanyahu's request.

Netanyahu was constrained politically in what he could do beyond the Hebron deal.

Netanyahu had been scheduled to meet with Obama May 31 in Washington on a number of issues before the incident.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States was planned well before last Tuesday's U.

The two prime ministers, Binyamin Netanyahu, an arch-capitalist, and George Papandreou, a socialist scion, have exchanged cosy visits.

Mr Netanyahu added that the deal signed in 1979 was the cornerstone for peace and stability in the entire Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is prepared for a "historic compromise" with Israel's Arab neighbors.

For the moment, there are signs that Mr Obama and Mr Netanyahu have their Iran policy in alignment.

Obama and Netanyahu met at the White House to discuss U. S. -Israel relations.

Netanyahu will be pleased at Obama's exclusion of the Palestinian movement Hamas as a negotiating partner.

Palestinian spokeswoman Diana Buttu says Netanyahu's position is a blow to the U. S. -sponsored peace process.

Tzipi Hotobelli, a parliamentary ally of Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, added her voice to calls for a full Jewish takeover.

But many in Kadima say they won't join a government to be a fig leaf for Mr. Netanyahu.

Direct talks may, of course, provide Netanyahu with cover to renew the moratorium on settlement activity when it expires late September.

Some say Mr Netanyahu may be persuaded to follow his predecessor down the same path.

At the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Mr. Netanyahu also accused the western-backed Palestinian Authority of incitement.

"Don't let's look for pretexts to stop talking, " the newly gung-ho Mr Netanyahu, past master of pretexts, ardently urged.

The Obama administration wants a total freeze on settlement expansion - something Mr. Netanyahu has said Israel will not do.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his new government will be a partner for peace with the Palestinians.

Mr Netanyahu received a frosty reception at the White House in March.

Once nomadic lords, Binyamin Netanyahu's government plans to pen tens of thousands of them into cities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not seem overly concerned by that prospect.

Despairing of getting a state with the co-operation of Mr Netanyahu, they are urging the UN to vote one into being instead.

A - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was facing pressure to make a gesture to revive the frozen peace talks.

Yesterday, I had a constructive meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas.

In response, Mr. Netanyahu said, "We won't solve our conflict with libelous speeches at the United Nations. "

Netanyahu says time is running out, and speaking in Canada, he set out tough conditions ahead of his visit to the White House.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss West Bank settlements.

But this embarrassed Mr Netanyahu anew: the budget was found already to include a provision for the contested benefit for the haredim.

General Jones is due to travel to London next week for talks with British officials and Mr Netanyahu's security adviser, Uzi Arad.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu honored the victims and those who risked their lives to save Jews from the Nazis.

In the words of one of Mr. Netanyahu's colleagues, Israel is surrounded by a "poisonous crescent" .

And Sweden stands accused by prominent Israelis, including the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, of blood libel and anti-Semitism.

Israel parliament gives preliminary approval to allow Netanyahu to run.

At the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Mr. Netanyahu said direct talks should resume without preconditions.

He muffed a half-chance for a deal with Mr Netanyahu's predecessor, Ehud Olmert, three years ago.

Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, is loth to lose any of his partners and has told lawyers to find a compromise.

The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, today pressed Russia to back "sanctions with teeth" by targeting Iran's energy sector.

Both Mr Netanyahu and Ms Livni held televised victory ceremonies on Tuesday night, replete with piped music and much hugging and handshakes.

In a statement, Prime Minister Netanyahu called for West Bank settlers to exercise restraint.

"I understand English, " said Mr Netanyahu, after meeting Barack Obama and the Palestinians' leader, Mahmoud Abbas, in New York.

Yet Mr Netanyahu won praise from Mr Obama on August 18th for an unannounced suspension of government-sponsored building projects.

Palestinian officials say they will not resume peace talks with Israel until Mr. Netanyahu agrees to freeze construction in the settlements.

Mr Netanyahu made his early career as an outspoken advocate of "never trading with terror" .

Last week, Mr. Netanyahu offered to halt Israeli settlement construction in exchange for normalization with Arab states.

Netanyahu, whose governing coalition is divided on the issue, has not announced a decision.

Mr Netanyahu does, however, have one good question to pose to the American administration.

A statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the U. S. policy shift "indefensible. "

Mitchell faces a challenge, as government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes those measures.

Netanyahu Sunday blamed the attack on Palestinian militants from Gaza who had infiltrated the region and he pledged to respond.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the right of Jews to build and live anywhere in Jerusalem is not negotiable.

Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has approved plans to erect a wall along part of Israel's border with Egypt.

By refusing to do so, the main blame for the impasse rests with Binyamin Netanyahu.

said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran "by" instability in the area, Israel is "serious concern" Iran trends.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed the peaceful outcome of the latest operation.

Five years later, those around Mr. Netanyahu are saying much the same thing, and may be growing tired of waiting.

Benjamin Netanyahu opposes Palestinian statehood, a corner stone of Obama Administration's Middle East plan.

And this meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama is yet another opportunity to do so.

President Obama is urging Arab leaders to avoid the temptation to rush to judgment and take a close look at Mr. Netanyahu's speech.

"A peace treaty does not itself guarantee peace, " warns Mr Netanyahu bleakly.

Rattled by Mr Obama's demands, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has now slowed the push for peace right down (see article).

Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, says he recognises that Arab Israelis need to succeed if the economy is to thrive.

Mr Netanyahu this week extolled his country as an island of stability and democracy.

For now though, Mr Netanyahu's optimism stems from the fact that he is getting the domestic politics right.

Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas were set to launch a new round of peace negotiations in Washington Thursday.

Mrs Clinton and Mr Netanyahu are due to attend AIPAC's conference next week, as are nearly half the members of Congress.

Mr Netanyahu weakly proposed to extend the stipend to all students. But hardly any ordinary ones fit the bill.

Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to travel to several African nations soon to discuss repatriating the migrants.

Publicly, Mr. Netanyahu must appease his coalition partners who oppose any curbs on construction in Jerusalem.

After we left Arafat, we joined Prime Minister Netanyahu for a visit to Masada.

He could bully the Palestinians and Mr Netanyahu to agree to talk.

Brown spoke again with Netanyahu this morning, hours before the vote, and Britain then decided not to take part at all.

Wednesday's test came two days after Benjamin Netanyahu, the new Israeli prime minister, visited President Obama.

Palestinian officials cautiously welcomed Mr. Netanyahu's remarks on Wednesday.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should keep his commitments under the Roadmap.

Many Labour members have urged Mr Barak to withdraw his party from the ruling coalition led by Mr Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party.

Mr Netanyahu is right to finger Hamas and Iran as determined spoilers.

The governments that walked out (or stayed away) got notes of thanks from Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister.

Israel's present negotiators stress that Mr Netanyahu has not endorsed this "100% principle" .

Mr Netanyahu has indeed had a tough time keeping his coalition together.

We had a meeting and dinner with Prime Minister Netanyahu, lit candles on a menorah for Hanukkah, and visited Rabin's grave with his family.

He remains in office until February's general election, which Binyamin Netanyahu is currently favoured to win.

Netanyahu renewed a challenge to Abbas to reopen negotiations without preconditions this week, while they are both in New York.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected US calls to halt construction in occupied East Jerusalem.

In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with 27 cabinet ministers and security officials held a special strategy meeting.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is making efforts to continue direct peace talks with the Palestinians.

The settlement issue will be high on the agenda this week, when Prime Minister Netanyahu holds a series of high-level talks in Europe.

AP 20, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Oval Office with President Barack Obama face to face for 90 minutes.