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| | '''Benjamin Netanyahu''' (born October 21, 1949) serves 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. | | '''Benjamin Netanyahu''' (born October 21, 1949) serves 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. |
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| − | 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. | + | 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 [[Islamism|Islamists]] "Palestinians". He was the only Israeli commando casualty of the operation. |
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| | 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: |
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| | Raised in [[Jerusalem]], Benjamin Netanyahu received his high school education in the United States when he moved with his parents to Cheltenham, [[Pennsylvania]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]]. To this day Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks fluent English with a Philadelphia American accent. Even as an adult, he is often referred to as his boyhood nickname "Bibi".<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/02/20/idUSL8592809 FACTBOX-Five facts about Benjamin Netanyahu] Reuters, February 20, 2009</ref> Additionally, Netanyahu's father was a professor of Jewish history at [[Cornell University]]. He returned to Israel in 1967 and enlisted in the [[Israeli Defense Forces]] and participated in the [[Yom Kippur War]], where he reached the rank of captain. Netanyahu would go on to continue to live in the United States when he received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1975, a master's degree in business management from MIT, and would go on to study political science at MIT and [[Harvard University]]. Netanyahu joined Boston Consulting Group, an international business consulting firm and later senior management of Rim Industries in Jerusalem. | | Raised in [[Jerusalem]], Benjamin Netanyahu received his high school education in the United States when he moved with his parents to Cheltenham, [[Pennsylvania]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]]. To this day Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks fluent English with a Philadelphia American accent. Even as an adult, he is often referred to as his boyhood nickname "Bibi".<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/02/20/idUSL8592809 FACTBOX-Five facts about Benjamin Netanyahu] Reuters, February 20, 2009</ref> Additionally, Netanyahu's father was a professor of Jewish history at [[Cornell University]]. He returned to Israel in 1967 and enlisted in the [[Israeli Defense Forces]] and participated in the [[Yom Kippur War]], where he reached the rank of captain. Netanyahu would go on to continue to live in the United States when he received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1975, a master's degree in business management from MIT, and would go on to study political science at MIT and [[Harvard University]]. Netanyahu joined Boston Consulting Group, an international business consulting firm and later senior management of Rim Industries in Jerusalem. |
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| | + | '''Operation Isotope''' |
| | + | Netanyahu was a 22-year-old commando in the elite Sayeret Matkal unit who participated in—and was wounded during—the rescue of [[Sabena Flight 571]] on 9 May 1972. |
| | + | Role and Injury: Netanyahu was a team leader during the assault. As he was subduing one of the female hijackers, another commando (Marko Ashkenazi) accidentally discharged his weapon. The bullet passed through the terrorist and struck Netanyahu in the arm, resulting in a friendly fire injury.<ref> |
| | + | [https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-the-prime-ministers-took-down-the-hijackers/ When the prime ministers took down the hijackers]. "Netanyahu, former premiers Barak and Peres gather to see a new docudrama on the 1972 hostage rescue, ‘Operation Isotope’". |
| | + | By Judah Ari Gross, ''Times of Israel'', Aug 13, 2015</ref> |
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| | ==Political career== | | ==Political career== |
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| | *"If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel." <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Px8YAQAAIAAJ&q=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&dq=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&hl=en&ei=O-4gTYeXI4a0lQew0tzXDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA The Bulletin, J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 2006]</ref> | | *"If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel." <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Px8YAQAAIAAJ&q=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&dq=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&hl=en&ei=O-4gTYeXI4a0lQew0tzXDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA The Bulletin, J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 2006]</ref> |
| − | * (On Islamic Republic of [[Iran]] 3/19/26) "Imagine if these lunatics had nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to every American city and every European city and everywhere around the globe. This is a danger for the entire world. It’s certainly a danger for Israel. It’s certainly a danger for America. We see eye to eye on that, President Trump and I... [[Jesus Christ]] has no advantage over [[Genghis Khan]]. Because if you are strong enough, ruthless enough, powerful enough, evil will overcome good. Aggression will overcome moderation." | + | * (On Islamic Republic of [[Iran]] 3/19/26) "Imagine if these lunatics had nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to every American city and every European city and everywhere around the globe. This is a danger for the entire world. It’s certainly a danger for Israel. It’s certainly a danger for America. We see eye to eye on that, President Trump and I.." |
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