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Netanyahu, Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel in War of Words
Benjamin Netanyahu is disputing a former U.S. ambassador’s account of a 1995 conversation about the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
January 6, 2016
Martin Indyk
“The air went out of the balloon” between the president and Israeli prime minister after Obama’s 2012 reelection, says the former U.S. ambassador.
January 6, 2016
Dore Gold
The longtime Netanyahu adviser helped write his controversial 2015 speech before Congress, in which the objective, Gold says, was to "put the Iran story front and center."
January 6, 2016
Dennis Ross
American presidents and Israeli prime ministers don’t always get along, but the Iran issue has fueled a unique tension between Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu, says longtime diplomat Dennis Ross.
January 6, 2016
Michael Oren
The former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. speaks candidly about the issues that occupied his time as ambassador, including the peace process, Israeli settlement policy, the Arab Spring and Iran.
January 6, 2016
David Axelrod
The president’s former advisor explains why Obama calls himself “the closest thing to a Jew that has ever sat in this office.”
January 6, 2016
Eyal Arad
"The prime minister has a messianic notion of himself -- as a person called to save the Jewish people from this new Holocaust," says Netanyahu's former political strategist and spokesman.
January 6, 2016
The Obama-Netanyahu Relationship: Two Palestinian Views
What's behind the tensions between America's president and Israel's prime minister? Two Palestinian diplomats share their thoughts.
January 6, 2016
Photos: The Oslo Accord, Behind the Scenes
An image of a handshake came to define the signing of the Oslo Accord, but behind the scenes, there was tension.
January 6, 2016
The Highs and Lows of the "Special Relationship"
For 67 years, ties between U.S. presidents and Israeli prime ministers have been checkered by moments of solidarity and strain.
January 6, 2016
Will Obama’s New Gun Proposals Make a Difference?
Obama has tried -- unsuccessfully -- to address gun violence since the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Conn. Can these new measures make a difference?
January 5, 2016