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Benjamin Netanyahu, born October 21, 1949 in Tel Aviv, is the longest-serving Israeli prime minister, holding office from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is the first Israeli prime minister born after the country’s Declaration of Independence. Netanyahu also served as Finance Minister from 2003 to 2005 and Foreign Minister multiple times. He earned degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Jonathan Netanyahu died in the 1976 Entebbe rescue operation, becoming a national hero. His younger brother Benjamin was born on October 21, 1949 in Tel Aviv to Zila and Benzion Netanyahu. The family later moved to the United States, where Benjamin attended Cheltenham High School in Pennsylvania. He went on to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
In 1996, Netanyahu became Prime Minister of Israel, serving until 1999. He returned to office in 2009 and served until 2021, making him the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history. Between his terms, he served as Finance Minister from 2003 to 2005 and as Foreign Minister multiple times, including 1998, 2002 to 2003, 2012 to 2013, and 2015 to 2019. He addressed both houses of the U.S. Congress on three separate occasions, a feat matched only by Winston Churchill. He has appeared in documentary films, including The Bibi Files and King Bibi.
In 1991, Netanyahu married Sara Netanyahu, with whom he has two children: Yair and Avner. He was previously married to Miriam Weizmann from 1972 to 1978, with whom he has a daughter Noa, and to Fleur Cates from 1981 to 1984. His younger brother Iddo Netanyahu is a radiologist and writer. His older brother Yonathan Netanyahu died in the 1976 Entebbe raid and is considered a national hero in Israel.
When Netanyahu left office in 2021, he had served two non-consecutive terms totaling over 15 years, making him the longest-serving Israeli prime minister. He was also the first prime minister born in Israel after its 1948 Declaration of Independence. His tenure reshaped Israeli politics and foreign policy, notably through a strong alliance with the United States. He received the Irving Kristol Award and the Jabotinsky Medal, among other honors. Controversies have marked his career, yet he remains a dominant figure in Israeli public life. He is most remembered for his long tenure and his three addresses to the U.S. Congress.
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My Father Gave Me Two Pieces of Advice When I Went into Politics. ‘Never Touch Money, and Don’t Use Ad Hominem Attacks on People’. but When I Became Prime Minister I Asked Him, ‘What Attributes Does One Need to Lead a Country?’ He Was Older Then and He Asked Me ‘What Do You Think?’ I Said ‘You Need Convictions and Courage and the Ability to Act’. He Said, ‘You Need That for Anything. What You Need to Lead a Country Is Education’. and by That He Meant an Understanding of History, the Knowledge to Be Able to Put Things in Perspective. I Didn’t Expect That Answer.
My Son Tells Me I Have Too Many Yes-men Around Me. Oh, What I Would Give for Just One Yes-man.
I’ve Been Right More Than I’ve Been Wrong.
I Think It’s Important to Place a Red Line Before Iran, and I Think That Actually Reduces the Chance of a Military Conflict Because, If They Know There’s a Point – a Stage in the Enrichment or Other Nuclear Activities That They Cannot Cross, Because They’ll Face Consequences – I Think They’ll Actually Not Cross It.
Those in the International Community Who Refuse to Put Red Lines Before Iran Don’t Have a Moral Right to Place a Red Line Before Israel.
The Israeli Left Needs to Do Some Soul-searching, It Needs to Ask Itself Why a Basic Zionist Principle, a Jewish Nation State in Its Own Country, Has Become for It a Dirty Term, a Dirty Word, a Principle to Be Ashamed Of. We Are Not Ashamed of Zionism.
The Laying of a Wreath by Jeremy Corbyn on the Graves of the Terrorist Who Perpetrated the Munich Massacre and His Comparison of Israel to the Nazis Deserves Unequivocal Condemnation from Everyone – Left, Right and Everything in Between.
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He is a third cousin, twice removed, of American actor Leo Howard. The prime minister’s maternal great-grandmother, Chaia Sorah Dworsky, was a sister of Leo’s maternal great-great-great-grandfather, Jacob Dworsky.
As of 2021, he is the longest-serving Israeli prime minister in history and first to be born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence.
Prime Minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 and 2009 to 2021.
Finance Minister of Israel from 2003 to 2005.
He has a look-alike puppet on the French show Les Guignols de l’info since 1988.
He has a daughter, Noa, from his first marriage, and two children with his third and current wife, Sara.
He is one of three brothers. His older brother Yonathan Netanyahu, known as Yoni, died a national hero rescuing hostages from the Entebbe Airport in 1976. His younger brother Iddo Netanyahu is a radiologist and writer.
Following the 1999 election, Netanyahu resigned from the Knesset and retired from politics. He planned to lecture extensively in the United States.
As of 2015, he is the second foreign leader since Winston Churchill to address both houses of Congress on three separate occasions.
He is an Israeli politician from the Likud Party.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel in 1998, 2002 to 2003, 2012 to 2013, and 2015 to 2019.
He and Mitt Romney became friends after being recruited by Boston Consulting Group in 1985.
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