Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Barack Obama and his relationship to the Jewish community.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Barack Obama and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Breaking News Netanyahu Urges Obama to Maintain Iran Sanctions During White House Meeting
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to keep sanctions in place against Iran and to even tighten them if Tehran continues its nuclear advances during a coming round of negotiations with the West. Seeking to ease Israeli concerns about U.S. diplomatic engagement with Iran, Obama said Tehran…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu, Not Afraid To ‘Ruin Party,’ Will Warn on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will warn President Barack Obama at a meeting on Monday that Iran’s diplomatic “sweet talk” cannot be trusted and will urge him to pressure Tehran to prevent it being able to make a nuclear bomb. While Obama will attempt to reassure Netanyahu that he will not act prematurely to ease…
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Breaking News Netanyahu To Ask Obama To Not Lift Iran Sanctions, Says Official
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is to meet today with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, is expected to ask at the meeting that international sanctions on Iran not be lifted. A senior Israeli official, who is familiar with the details of preparations for the meeting, said that while previous meetings between Netanyahu…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Arrives in New York, Promises To Tell Truth About Rowhani
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “tell the truth” during his visit to New York and Washington. “I will represent the citizens of Israel, our national interests, our rights as a people, our determination to defend ourselves and our hope for peace,” Netanyahu said Saturday night as he boarded a flight for the United…
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Breaking News Arabs Join Israel in Fretting Over Iran Thaw
On Thursday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif, a Saudi diplomat turned to his Israeli counterpart. “What’s going on here?” he asked. “What do you make of all this?” Over the past week, similar conversations have taken place…
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Israel News Iran’s Hassan Rowhani Wants to Make a Nuclear Deal — Leaving Israel Isolated
Longtime advocates of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can often be heard saying that after decades of talks, “everyone knows what the deal on the table is.” Known it may be. But it always seems that one, the other, or both of the parties involved have their reasons for never being able to…
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Breaking News Israel Kept in Loop on Barack Obama’s Historic Phone Call to Iran Leader
White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice informed her Israeli counterpart Yaakov Amidror Friday of the planned telephone conversation U.S. President Barack Obama was to hold with Iranian President Hassan Rohani and then informed him of its contents after it had taken place. A senior Israeli official said that Amidror traveled to Washington Friday morning,…
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Breaking News Iranians Rally Behind Hassan Rouhani After Historic Call to Barack Obama
Hundreds of Iranians cheered President Hassan Rouhani on his return from New York on Saturday after his historic phone call with U.S. President Barack Obama but a smaller number of hardliners shouted “Death to America” and threw eggs and shoes at his official car leaving the airport, Iranian media reported. While an anticipated handshake between…
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