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Benjamin Netanyahu, nicknamed "Bibi", is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister.
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“They are all partners in this government”
“We are lucky that there is a leader such as yourself.”
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“turn all the places where Hamas is organized and hiding into cities of ruins”
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The Korea Herald: As election looms, Netanyahu puts Turkey in Israel's crosshairs
South China Morning Post: Netanyahu casts Turkey as Israel’s new villain amid tough re-election fight
Demócrata: Netanyahu afirma que Israel ha advertido a Turquía contra instalar una base militar en Siria
The Jerusalem Post: Netanyahu may reserve a Likud spot for son Yair, former prime minister's spox. Hefetz predicts
i24NEWS: Poll: Gadi Eisenkot Overtakes Likud, Benjamin Netanyahu's Bloc Without A Majority
Haaretz: Opinion | Bibi cried wolf? U.S. trust in Israeli intel is stooping to irreparable lows
NDTV: Imran Khan Meets Wife Bushra Bibi, Sister For 1st Time This Year After Court Order
Haaretz: Opinion | Can a government without Netanyahu change American minds on Israel?
Defensores de la Patria: Gobierno Nacional fortalece lazos diplomáticos y de cooperación con Israel tras llamada entre el presidente Abelardo De La Espriella y Benjamin Netanyahu
Axios: Israel defends strike on Syria as U.S. frustration with Bibi grows
Haaretz: Opinion | AIPAC reaps the Netanyahu effect and makes Israel a liability
The Jerusalem Post: Likud primaries: Benjamin Netanyahu hails new list as Eli Cohen wins top slot
ANSA Latina: Israel hacia el voto, las primarias del Likud premian a Netanyahu
The Jerusalem Post: Likud voters are loyal to Benjamin Netanyahu, but value discipline and loyalty
Democracy Now!: Mouin Rabbani analiza las reuniones de Kushner con autoridades de Hamás y de Israel, mientras Netanyahu lanza una “píldora venenosa” al acuerdo sobre Gaza
Haaretz: Likud's Casualty List: The Netanyahu Loyalists Headed Home After a Brutal Primary - Israel Elections 2026
La Razón: Netanyahu refuerza su control del Likud tras unas primarias marcadas por la tensión interna
The Jerusalem Post: Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: Leave American Jews out of your campaign - opinion
The Jerusalem Post: Zionist Home-The Reservists Party chairman refuses to join Benjamin Netanyahu government
RFI: Israel: en las primarias del Likud, Netanyahu mantiene su control sobre el partido a pesar de la incertidumbre
The Jerusalem Post: Likud officials pressuring Netanyahu to move Avi Dichter into realistic party position using 'swap'
The Jerusalem Post: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel not in sync with US on Hamas, Gaza, former consul says
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The Times of Israel: Cohen, Ohana, Levin and Regev top Likud party primary; Netanyahu ‘very satisfied’ with results
fact checker rated the claim “Netanyahu insulting U.S. officials before leaving Lindsey Grahams funeral.” fake.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed Haley Stevens, calling her "a true friend of Israel"” Didn't Say It.
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Published video “ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו בתוכנית הפטריוטים של ערוץ 14”.
DigitEye India rated the claim “JD Vance warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about "playing games" with the United States and said that "the whole world already hates" him.” The claim is false. Vance did deliver pointed public criticism of Israeli cabinet members over their opposition to President Trump’s Iran memorandum/deal and related ceasefire efforts. However, the specific dramatic quote attributed to Netanyahu is not his verbatim and does not appear in any credible reports..
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Benjamin Netanyahu supporting Argentina at the 2026 World Cup” AI-generated.
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fact checker rated the claim “Netanyahu attending the Argentina vs. Austria World Cup match.” fake.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “There is an image of Benjamin Netanyahu in attendance at the Argentina Austria game” Bogus Bibi.
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Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated the claim “Netanyahu personally requested that Yamal not be allowed into the United States as he was seen holding Palestinian flag during a celebration.” False.
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Published video “אבא, אמא - אני ביביסט”.
Snopes.com rated the claim “Videos authentically show Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wearing a Palestinian flag at a United Nations event with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” Fake.
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Thai PBS rated the claim “Video of Giorgia Meloni slapping Benjamin Netanyahu found to be AI-generated” Malinformation.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “These are real pictures of Giorgia Meloni wearing a Palestinian flag scarf and slapping Benjamin Netanyahu.” AI-Generated.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Real video shows Giorgia Meloni ignoring and walking away from Netanyahu at the UN” AI-Built.
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India Today rated the claim “This video shows Italian PM Georgia Meloni ignoring Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s handshake.” False.
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Published video “10 מכות על איראן”.
“Israel must pursue its enemies – not its heroic fighters”
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“There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. We are continuing to strike Hezbollah with full force, and we will not stop until we restore your security.”
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Netanyahu was falsely reported as dead in March 2026, and subsequently posted a video mocking the claims, which was verified by Reuters.
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Supported legislation applying the death penalty to Palestinians convicted of terrorism
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Authorized airstrikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, and in 2026, he launched joint strikes with the U
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“historic and spiritual mission”
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Published video “ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו בראיון לתוכנית הפטריוטים בערוץ 14”.
Published video “Watch my interview with the French TV network TF1”.
Published video “ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו בנאום 40 חתימות בכנסת”.
Saw the countries exchange strikes in April and October
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Published video “ראש הממשלה נתניהו מכריז על מלחמת חרבות ברזל בכנסת”.
Published video “ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו מדבר עם אילון מאסק, גרגר ברוקמן ופרופ׳ טגמרק על עתיד הבינה המלאכותית”.
Published video “הנאום המלא של ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו באו״ם”.
Published video “חובת צפייה: ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו בשיחה עם איילון מאסק”.
That critics argued were intended to protect him from corruption charges
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“I think the reason you have the persistence of the palestinian israeli conflict, which goes back about a century, is the persistent palestinian refusal to recognize a jewish state, a nation state for the jewish people in any boundary.”
“with the possibility that systems that we would give to Ukraine would fall into Iranian hands and could be reverse engineered, and we would find ourselves facing Israeli systems used against Israel.”
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“smart, sophisticated and focused on one goal – returning Russia to its historical greatness”
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (2019).
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Netanyahu was indicted on charges of breach of trust, bribery and fraud, and relinquished all ministerial posts except prime minister
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That supporting Hamas was part of a strategy to prevent Palestinian statehood
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“. TheGuardian. Agence France-Presse. 10 March 2019. ; Maza, Cristina (11 March 2019).”
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Netanyahu was also investigated in "Case 4000", where he was suspected of giving regulatory favors to Shaul Elovitch, owner of Bezeq telecommunication company, in exchange for positive publications in news website Walla
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“cares more about Palestinians than their own leaders do”
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Awarded Irving Kristol Award (2015).
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Career landmark: Regional Development Minister of Israel (2015–2016).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2015–2019).
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Career landmark: Minister of Communications (2014–2017).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2014–2015).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2013–2014).
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Trump made a video endorsing Netanyahu during the Israeli elections saying, "vote for Benjamin – terrific guy, terrific leader, great for Israel"
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Netanyahu officially recognized for the first time the right for Palestinians to have their own state in an official document, a letter to Mahmoud Abbas, though as before he declared it would have to be demilitarized
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel (2012–2013).
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Netanyahu planned to call early elections, but oversaw the creation of a government of national unity to see Israel through until the 2013 elections
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Netanyahu was ungrateful to the US and endangering Israel
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And the bill, which was pushed forward by his government, implemented its recommendations
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced support for the establishment of a Palestinian state – a solution not endorsed by Netanyahu, with whom she had pledged US cooperation
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Career landmark: Minister of Health (2009–2013).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2009–2013).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Israel (2009–2021).
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Netanyahu welcomed the Arab Peace initiative and lauded a call by Bahrain's Crown Prince to normalize relations with Israel
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“We want...recognition of Israel as the national state of the Jewish people and...a security settlement”
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“This is not a relaxation, it”
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2006–2009).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Opposition (2006–2009).
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Leading the opposition between 2006 and 2009
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Unless the Gaza pullout plan was put to a referendum
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2003–2006).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (2003–2005).
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Netanyahu has been suffering from right bundle branch block (RBBB) since around 2003.
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After the Israeli Labor Party left the coalition and vacated the position of foreign minister, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appointed Netanyahu as foreign minister
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Netanyahu visited Pollard at his North Carolina prison
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel (2002–2003).
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Was recorded stating he would interpret the Oslo Accords in a way that would prevent a return to the 1967 borders
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1999–1999).
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Netanyahu faced another scandal when the Israel Police recommended he be tried for corruption for $100,000 in free services from a government contractor; Israel's attorney general did not prosecute, citing difficulties w
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Where he claimed president Bill Clinton had privately agreed to release Pollard
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Which detailed the steps to be taken by the Israeli government and Palestinian Authority to implement the Interim Agreement of 1995
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1998–1999).
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Netanyahu authorized a Mossad operation to assassinate Mashal in Jordan, just three years after the two countries had signed a peace treaty
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Ali Fallahian, the Iranian Intelligence Minister, authorized a Hamas bombing campaign to disrupt the peace process, and Hamas leader Khaled Mashal, picked Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, a bomb-maker in the West Bank, to construct t
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1997–1997).
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Police recommended Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges for influence-peddling
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1996–1999).
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Netanyahu and Jerusalem's mayor Ehud Olmert decided to open an exit in the Muslim Quarter for the Western Wall Tunnel, which Peres had put on hold for the sake of peace
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“I would like to emphasize that we have to take into account the needs and the requirements of both sides on the basis of reciprocity and the assurance of the security and well-being of both Israelis and Palestinian alike.”
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The media reported that he had a 20-year friendship with Katherine Price-Mondadori, an Italian-American woman
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Netanyahu confessed on live television to having an affair with Ruth Bar, his public relations adviser
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And Netanyahu was victorious, defeating Benny Begin, son of the late prime minister Menachem Begin, and veteran politician David Levy (Sharon initially sought Likud party leadership as well, but quickly withdrew when it
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Would relinquish his agriculture, health, social affairs and diaspora affairs portfolios
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“The root cause of terrorism lies not in grievances but in a disposition toward unbridled violence. This can be traced to a world view which asserts that certain ideological and religious goals justify, indeed demand, the shedding of all moral inhibitions.”
“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.”
“Every time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.”
“We'll attack anyone who tries to harm our citizens.”
“Israel has no better friend than America. And America has no better friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy. We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fight terrorism. Congratulations America. Congratulations, Mister President. You got bin Laden. Good riddance!”
Awarded honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University (1988).
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Awarded Tzeltner Prize (1987).
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“Terrorism: How the West Can Win”
Netanyahu married Cates, and she converted to Judaism
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Won Jabotinsky Medal (1980).
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Netanyahu appeared on Boston local television, under the name "Ben Nitay", where he argued: "The real core of the conflict is the unfortunate Arab refusal to accept the State of Israel
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Netanyahu returned to Israel
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While Weizmann was pregnant, Netanyahu met a non-Jewish British student named Fleur Cates at the university library, and began an affair
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Studied at MIT Sloan School of Management, Master of Science (1977).
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Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science (1972–1975).
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Returned to the US, and after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Netanyahu worked for the Boston Consulting Group
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Both left to study in the United States, where she enrolled in Brandeis University, while Netanyahu studied at MIT
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But remained in the Sayeret Matkal reserves
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To join the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Sayeret Matkal special forces
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Studied at Cheltenham High School (1967).
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Netanyahu returned to Israel to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces
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Born 1949-10-21.
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“, Haaretz (16 April 2008) ==== 2009 ====”
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“, CNN (7 October 2023) We are embarking on a long and difficult war. The war was forced upon us by a murderous attack by Hamas. As quoted in”
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Having relocated there from Lithuania in the 1870s—and studied law at Gray's Inn, London
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