Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born October 21^st, 1949) is an Israeli politician who is the 9^th and current Prime Minister of Israel, holding the position from 2009 to 2021, and previously also from 1996 to 1999. He was re-elected Prime Minister for a third time in 2022. Netanyahu is also the current Chairman of the Likud party.

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Benjamin Netanyahu Full Name: Benjamin Netanyahu Alias: Bibi King Bibi Benjamin Satanyahu (by the anti-zionists) Origin: Tel Aviv, Israel Occupation: Prime Minister of Israel (1996 - 1999; 2009 - 2021; 2022 - present) Chairman of Likud (1993 - 1999; 2005 - present) Skills: Military experience Political skills High intelligence Manipulation Hobby: Abusing his power Mistreating, expelling, imprisoning, and killing Palestinians bomb civilians in the Gaza strip Attack Lebanon Goals: Remove all Palestinians from Israel and its related territories (ongoing) Weaken the media, police and courts in Israel (ongoing) Stay Prime Minster for as long as possible (successful) Crimes: Xenophobia Anti-Iranian sentiment Pakophobia Arabophobia Abuse of power Corruption Mass murder War crimes Ethnic cleansing Bribery Islamophobia Atheophobia Propaganda Genocide Denying Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip) it's independence Type of Villain: Jingoist Segregationist

“	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

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

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.

Between 1956 and 1958, and again from 1963 to 1967, his family lived in the United States in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, while father Benzion Netanyahu taught at Dropsie College. Benjamin attended and graduated from Cheltenham High School and was active in the debate club, chess club, and soccer.

He and his brother Yonatan grew dissatisfied with a perceived superficial way of life they encountered in the area, including the prevalent youth counterculture movement, literary interpretation focused on individualized feelings, and the liberal sensibilities of the Reform synagogue, Temple Judea of Philadelphia, that the family attended. To this day, he speaks fluent English, with a noticeable Philadelphia accent.

Prior to entering politics, Netanyahu previously served in the Israel Defense Forces from 1967 to 1973, taking part in combat operations during the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War, and the Suez Canal Crisis, managing to attain the rank of captain before he was honorably discharged. He served as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 until 1988, after which he first joined the Knesset as a member of Likud. He replaced Yitzhak Shamir as Likud's chairman in 1993.

During Ariel Sharon's premiership, Netanyahu served as both Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset during Ehud Olmert's premiership.

Netanyahu is a controversial and polarizing figure. He is known to have a hardline stance against Palestine and has constantly fought against the recognition of a Palestinian state, notably being opposed to the Oslo Accords. Oppression of Palestinians is shown to have increased under him. In recent years, attacks carried out in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have caused some to go so far as accusing Netanyahu's government of committing war crimes against Palestinians and even committing ethnic cleansing and possibly genocide against Palestinians. This attitude may also extend to Arabs, as most Arab countries support Palestine. Both the United Nations and the US State Department have noted that Arabs face systemic discrimination in Israel and face longer prison terms if convicted of crimes than native Israelis.

Tensions with Palestine increased in 2021 following a planned decision by the Supreme Court of Israel on the eviction of four Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. This led to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad launching a series of coordinated rocket attacks into Israeli from Gaza, which in turn lead to a series of airstrikes by the Israeli Air Force, leading to the deaths of over 300 Palestinian civilians and several thousand injured. The International Criminal Court in the Hague has subsequently launched a war crime probe into these attacks, which Netanyahu has described as "pure anti-semitism."

In addition to his questionable treatment of Palestinians, Netanyahu has also faced numerous accusations of political corruption on charges of fraud, bribery, and breach of trust, which Netanyahu himself has denied. Despite this, the Israeli attorney general announced his intention to file indictments against Netanyahu on bribe and fraud charges in three different cases in February 2019. This would make Netanyahu the first sitting Prime Minister in Israeli history to be indicted on criminal charges. On 21 November 2019, he was indicted on charges of breach of trust, bribery and fraud. Due to the indictment, Netanyahu is legally required to relinquish all of his ministry posts other than the prime minister position. Netanyahu is also being accused by various opposition parties and international critics of the Israeli government of conspiring war against Iran for the purpose of maintaining ongoing power.

Netanyahu is considered allies with a number of authoritarian world leaders, including Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orbán, and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. He was also a strong ally of former President Donald Trump when Trump was in office.

In spite of this, Netanyahu has done good things as well. He is supportive of the LGBT community and same-sex marriage (but it can antagonize even more neighboring countries where it is not normalized in its citizens), and is also credited with making important reforms to the Israeli economy.

Shortly after the Palestinian crisis, Knesset member and leader of the Yamina alliance Naftali Bennett announced that he had agreed to a deal with Yair Lapid to form a coalition government that would oust Netanyahu from his position as Prime Minister. The new government went into effect on June 13, thus ending Netanyahu's 12-year premiership. He subsequently became the Leader of the Opposition, his third time holding the position.

Netanyahu was elected Prime Minister for a third time in 2022.

Personal life

Netanyau has been married three times. He has three children and several grandchildren. Netanyahu's paternal grandfather was Nathan Mileikowsky, a leading Zionist rabbi and JNF fundraiser. Netanyahu's older brother, Yonatan, was killed in Uganda during Operation Entebbe in 1976. His younger brother, Iddo, is a radiologist and writer. All three brothers served in the Sayeret Matkal reconnaissance unit of the Israel Defense Forces.

Trivia

• Many people consider Netanyahu to be indirectly responsible for the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin at the hands of Yigal Amir in 1995 (among them being Rabin's widow.) At the time, he was the public face of the anti-Oslo Accords movement and, in the months leading up to the assassination, gave many anti-Rabin speeches that created the atmosphere of tension leading to the assassination.
• Although Netanyahu himself is Jewish, he has been accused of Holocaust revisionism due to comments he made in 2015 blaming Palestinians for Adolf Hitler's atrocities.

Quotes

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I will plant them upon their soil never to be uprooted again. Ladies and gentlemen, the people of Israel have come home never to be uprooted again.

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The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war.

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History has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.

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Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand. But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.

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