"I assumed the same thing had happened and on that basis I supported reluctantly the second Iraq war."

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

According to media reports, he only reluctantly bowed to international pressure for a runoff between him and Dr.Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Under U.S.pressure, Mr.Netanyahu reluctantly endorsed the concept of a Palestinian state last month, but with tough conditions that were flatly rejected by the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

"Let us settle it, expand and love our homeland." Mr.Netanyahu reluctantly imposed a partial freeze on West Bank construction under pressure from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

He described Barak as a war criminal. Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reluctantly imposed the settlement freeze last month, under pressure from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21