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'''Benjamin Netanyahu''' (born October 21, is the longest-serving and current Prime Minister of [[Israel]], who in 1997 negotiated a partial withdrawal by Israeli settlers from [[Hebron]], which is on the [[West Bank]]. He is the first Prime Minister to be born after the official re-establishment of Israel as a sovereign nation.
'''Benjamin Netanyahu''' (born October 21, 1949) is a [[neocon]] who has served as Prime Minister of [[Israel]] since 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is also the first Prime Minister to be born after the official re-establishment of Israel as a sovereign nation.
Netanyahu's brother, Yonatan, was the field commander of the 1976 raid on [[Entebbe]], an operation to free hostages of an Air France flight highjacked by Islamists. He was the only Israeli commando casualty of the operation.
In July 2019, Netanyahu became Israel's longest-serving prime minister ever.<ref>Multiple references:
In July 2019, Netanyahu became Israel's longest-serving prime minister ever.<ref>Multiple references:
In 1979 and 1984 Mr. Netanyahu initiated two international conferences that emphasized the need to fight against terrorist organizations and regimes that provide them support. Members included Vice President [[George H.W. Bush]] and Secretary of State [[George Shultz]].<ref>http://www.zionism-israel.com/bio/Benjamin_Nethanyahu.htm</ref> After serving as deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC., he was appointed Israel's ambassador to the [[United Nations]]. During his tenure he fought for the declassification of the United Nations archives on crimes committed by [[Nazi]] [[Germany]].
In 1979 and 1984 Mr. Netanyahu initiated two international conferences that emphasized the need to fight against terrorist organizations and regimes that provide them support. Members included Vice President [[George H.W. Bush]] and Secretary of State [[George Shultz]].<ref>http://www.zionism-israel.com/bio/Benjamin_Nethanyahu.htm</ref> After serving as deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC., he was appointed Israel's ambassador to the [[United Nations]]. During his tenure he fought for the declassification of the United Nations archives on crimes committed by [[Nazi]] [[Germany]].
In 1988, Netanyahu returned to Israel and was elected as a member of the [[Knesset]], the legislature of Israel. During the 1991 [[Persian Gulf War]] Netanyahu was a member of the Israeli delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference, which was the first direct negotiations between Israel and [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], and a joint [[Jordanian]]-[[Palestinian]] delegation. In 1993, Netanyahu became chairman of the right-of-center [[Likud]] party, and the Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset. During this time, he established a fierce rivalry with then-Prime Minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]]. In 1995, Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist in retaliation for his participation in the [[Oslo Accords]]. Rabin's widow later blamed Netanyahu for the assassination, saying that he didn't do enough to quell the inflammatory rhetoric which she believed had provoked the assassin.<ref>https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/11/08/rabin-widow-blames-political-opponents/</ref>
==Prime Minister of Israel==
==Prime Minister of Israel==
Netanyahu was elected Israel's 9th Prime Minister in 1996 and sworn in after the approval of the Knesset. During his three-year term, the number of terror attacks in Israel drastically decreased. On economics, he governed as a free-market conservative, accelerated privatization of government-owned companies and reduced the budget deficit. By the time of Netanyahu's reelection he had alienated the political left, while also the political right for his negotiations with [[Yasser Arafat]], which led to the 1997 partial withdrawal by Israeli settlers from [[Hebron]]. He was defeated in May 1999 by [[Ehud Barak]].
[[Image:BenjaminNetanyahu452.jpg|right|Benjamin Netanyahu press conference, 02/20/09.|thumb]]
[[Image:BenjaminNetanyahu452.jpg|right|Benjamin Netanyahu press conference, 02/20/09.|thumb]]
From 2003 through 2005 Netanyahu served as Finance Minister in the [[Ariel Sharon]] administration. He advocated policies that reduced government, strengthened the private sector, cut taxes, and privatized pensions. During his tenure [[unemployment]] dropped and the Israeli economy went from shrinking 1% to growing 4.2% in 2004.<ref>http://www.netanyahu.org/biography.html</ref> On February 10, 2009, legislative elections, the right-wing parties won a majority of seats in the Knesset, and they selected Netanyahu to serve a second term as Prime Minister. He was sworn in on March 13, 2009.
From 2003 through 2005 Netanyahu served as Finance Minister in the [[Ariel Sharon]] administration. He advocated policies that reduced government, strengthened the private sector, cut taxes, and privatized pensions. During his tenure [[unemployment]] dropped and the Israeli economy went from shrinking 1% to growing 4.2% in 2004.<ref>http://www.netanyahu.org/biography.html</ref> On February 10, 2009, legislative elections, the right-wing parties won a majority of seats in the Knesset, and they selected Netanyahu to serve a second term as Prime Minister. He was sworn in on March 13, 2009.
In September 2023, Netanyahu demonstrated that he was willing to step down for good in order to secure an alliance with Saudi Arabia against Iran, completing a mission that the [[Deep State]] had been pursuing for many years.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-757170</ref>
In September 2023, Netanyahu demonstrated that he was willing to step down for good in order to secure an alliance with Saudi Arabia against Iran, completing a mission that the [[Deep State]] had been pursuing for many years.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-757170</ref>
Following the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas, many Israelis blamed Netanyahu for failing to prevent them, and demanded that he resign once the subsequent war was over.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-767880</ref> Meanwhile, many so-called conspiracy theorists began accusing Netanyahu of ''intentionally'' allowing the attacks to happen for political reasons.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/10/16/conspiracy-theorists-go-viral-with-unsubstantiated-claim-about-israel-hamas-conflict/?sh=70997fd56e98</ref> Netanyahu has also earned ire for his refusal to call his son Yair back to Israel to assist in the war effort while the sons of other Israelis die on the battlefield. Yair has been living in [[Miami]] since at least April 2023, following a series of inflammatory social media posts which had lead to multiple defamation lawsuits.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12664565/yair-netanyahu-benjamin-son-idf-reservists-miami.html</ref> One such post called for Arabs to reconquer Spanish-owned territories in North Africa, presumably in retaliation for the Spanish government's support of pro-Palestinian NGOs.<ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/spains-far-right-leader-slams-yair-netanyahu-as-ignorant-and-frivolous/</ref>
===Relations with the Obama Administration===
===Relations with the Obama Administration===