After 8 years of ‘enormous pressure,’ Netanyahu cheers Trump’s ‘change of approach’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Applied Materials CEO, Gary E. Dickerson, (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2017. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Applied Materials CEO, Gary E. Dickerson, (not pictured) at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2017. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

PM says US president shares his belief that Iran nuclear deal is ‘bad,’ warns coalition partners against ‘knee-jerk reactions’ or ‘surprises’

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Israel rejects French ultimatum: ‘This isn’t how one makes peace’

French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for photographers at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Thibault Camus)

French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for photographers at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Thibault Camus)

Jerusalem hits back at Paris plan to recognize Palestinian state if talks fail; US official says ‘preferred path’ is negotiated solution

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Netanyahu says West is ‘comatose, delusional’ in face of today’s Nazis: Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 15, 2015. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 15, 2015. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Nuclear deal proves world has not learned lessons of Holocaust, is again capitulating to tyranny, PM warns at Yad Vashem ceremony

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‘Israel: US deal will leave Iran with 6,500 centrifuges spinning, months from a bomb’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama, at the UN September 2012. (photo credit: APphoto/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama, at the UN September 2012. (photo credit: APphoto/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ratcheting up dispute with Obama, Jerusalem sources tell Israeli TV emerging US agreement puts Tehran ‘closer than thought’ to nuclear capability

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Hamas to blame if hostilities escalate again, Netanyahu warns

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Hanukkah ceremony at the Western Wall on December 20, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Hanukkah ceremony at the Western Wall on December 20, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel won’t tolerate ‘a single rocket attack,’ PM says after IAF hits Gaza cement factory in response to Friday’s rocket fire

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World criticism of ‘Jewish state’ bill exacerbated by lack of peace talks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights the Hanukia together with Rabbi of the Western Wall Shmuel Rabinovitch, at the Western Wall on the second night of the Jewish holiday of Hannuka.  November 28, 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights the Hanukia together with Rabbi of the Western Wall Shmuel Rabinovitch, at the Western Wall on the second night of the Jewish holiday of Hannuka. November 28, 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu will eventually agree to a softened version of his controversial legislation, a former aide says. ‘But the damage is done’

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PM blames Abbas for inciting shooting of Jewish activist

Israeli security forces clash with Palestinian youths in East Jerusalem on October 30, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)

Israeli security forces clash with Palestinian youths in East Jerusalem on October 30, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)

Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino tells officers that ‘long arm’ of law will reach all terrorists

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US anger at Netanyahu said ‘red-hot’ as ties hit new low

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and President Barack Obama embrace at a ceremony welcoming the US leader at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on March 20, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and President Barack Obama embrace at a ceremony welcoming the US leader at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on March 20, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

As Israel’s relationship with its critical ally enters ‘full-blown crisis,’ The Atlantic reports, senior American officials refer to Israeli PM as a ‘chickenshit,’ hell-bent on career preservation

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Israeli air force chief: We may have to send planes to Iran tomorrow

IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Stressing the need for additional defense spending, Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel gives an insight into his preoccupations

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