Benjamin Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister of Israel since its inception.
Born in Tel Aviv on October 21, 1949, he grew up in Jerusalem before moving with his family to Pennsylvania during his high school years, where his father taught history. In 1967 Netanyahu returned to Israel and joined the IDF's Sayeret Matkal special forces unit, where he served until 1973.
He took part in many military operations, including a 1972 rescue mission of hostages in a hijacked Sabena airplane, during which he was shot in the shoulder. Netanyahu finished his military service in 1972, but returned to serve in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, after which he was promoted to the rank of Captain.
His brother Yonatan "Yoni," an IDF officer, was killed during Operation Entebbe in 1976 at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda where Israelis were being held hostage. His was the only death resulting from the mission.
He has degrees in architecture and business management from MIT. He also studied political science at MIT and Harvard University. He served as Israel's ambassador to the UN from 1984-1988, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Ariel Sharon's government.
In 1993 Netanyahu was elected Likud party chairman and served as the leader of the opposition until being elected prime minister in 1996. In 2009, he was elected prime minister for the second time, in January 2013 a third, and in March 2015 a fourth.
He is married to Sara Netanyahu with whom he has two children, Yair and Avner.
In 2018, the Mossad stole Iran's nuclear archive. Netanyahu later presented the information to the international community. Netanyahu strongly opposes a nuclear deal with Iran.
Under the rotation government set by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, Netanyahu serves as the leader of the opposition.
Israel will wait to hear about Dermer's meetings in Washington before considering additional significant steps in Gaza.
The police are expected to summon additional people who received diplomatic passports during Cohen’s time in office as part of the investigation.
What made Trump’s actions audacious was not the interference itself but how he did it — openly, unapologetically, with a veiled threat that US military aid might be at stake.
Albag's father stated that she would not be returning to her role as an observer, the position she held for about a week before she was kidnapped by Hamas.
"I can tell you with all my heart that it won’t happen. I’m talking to [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu about it, and I don’t get the impression that he’s on his way there," Smotrich said.
Senior IDF officials claim that they have exhausted the military moves and that the political echelon needs to come up with a new strategy to release the hostages.
Trump certainly has little or no knowledge about Israel’s legal and judicial systems. The US president is not really well informed about the essence of Netanyahu’s trial.
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Anti-Zionists may think they are not antisemites, but don’t understand that the anti-Israel behavior that results from anti-Zionism, creates and fans Jew-hatred.
The council called for the establishment of a state commission to investigate the October 7 attack, asserting that those who deny its significance must not be allowed to bury the truth.
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