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{{Quote|There are those who say that if the Holocaust had not occurred, the State of Israel would never have been established. But I say that if the State of Israel would have been established earlier, the Holocaust would not have occurred. This is the homeland of the Jewish people, this is where our identity was forged.|Netanyahu during his "Bar-Ilan speech" in June 2009}} | {{Quote|There are those who say that if the Holocaust had not occurred, the State of Israel would never have been established. But I say that if the State of Israel would have been established earlier, the Holocaust would not have occurred. This is the homeland of the Jewish people, this is where our identity was forged.|Netanyahu during his "Bar-Ilan speech" in June 2009}} | ||
'''Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu''' (born October 21<sup>st</sup>, 1949) is the 9<sup>th</sup> and current Prime Minister of Israel, holding the position since 2009, and previously also from 1996 to 1999. He is also currently a member of the Knesset and the Chairman of the Likud party. He is the longest serving | '''Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu''' (born October 21<sup>st</sup>, 1949) is the 9<sup>th</sup> and current Prime Minister of Israel, holding the position since 2009, and previously also from 1996 to 1999. He is also currently a member of the Knesset and the Chairman of the Likud party. He is the longest serving Prime Minister in Israeli history as well as the first Israeli Prime Minister born in Israel after the establishment of the state. He is also the youngest Prime Minister ever elected (when he was first elected in 1996.) | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Tzila Segal (28 August 1912 – 31 January 2000) who had been born in Petah Tikva in the Ottoman Empire's Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, and a Warsaw-born father, Prof. Benzion Netanyahu (1910–2012). He was the second of three children. He discovered via a DNA test that he is, in part, of Sephardi Jewish ancestry. He was initially raised and educated in Jerusalem, where he attended Henrietta Szold Elementary School. A copy of his evaluation from his 6th grade teacher Ruth Rubenstein indicated that Netanyahu was courteous, polite, and helpful; that his work was "responsible and punctual"; and that he was friendly, disciplined, cheerful, brave, active and obedient. | Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Tzila Segal (28 August 1912 – 31 January 2000) who had been born in Petah Tikva in the Ottoman Empire's Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, and a Warsaw-born father, Prof. Benzion Netanyahu (1910–2012). He was the second of three children. He discovered via a DNA test that he is, in part, of Sephardi Jewish ancestry. He was initially raised and educated in Jerusalem, where he attended Henrietta Szold Elementary School. A copy of his evaluation from his 6th grade teacher Ruth Rubenstein indicated that Netanyahu was courteous, polite, and helpful; that his work was "responsible and punctual"; and that he was friendly, disciplined, cheerful, brave, active and obedient. | ||