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.
Rest in peace, Misha. We, who are led by Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, have neither peace nor rest.
A Hamas official claimed Wednesday the group is "not far" from reaching a deal, but maintained any agreement must include a permanent ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
Netanyahu was not investigated, but the new information raises the possibility that the prime minister himself committed a crime.
The man then told the camera: “Long live Palestine, Long live Sudan, Long live Yemen, Long live Puerto Rico. ”
Is this the kind of politics we want? Are these the kind of leaders we deserve? What kind of moral maggots represent us?
The document also reveals the details of the deal under negotiation.
"This petition is a desperate cry of the hostages to this distinguished court, in a request to help realize the government's obligation to work to free them," the petition read.
Suddenly, there is a public possibility that Israel could eliminate Iranian nuclear facilities either by airstrike or by special forces operation.
Trump faces a pivotal choice as conflict dynamics shift, with rising regional pressures and growing calls for a two-state solution amid fears of further violence and lasting instability.
Netanyahu's Knesset appearance after surgery highlights coalition fragility amid protests, Ben-Gvir’s rebellion, and opposition resistance, raising questions about Israel’s political stability.
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