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{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = Benjamin Netanyahu, February 2023.jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Official portrait, 2023
| order               = 
| office              = [[Prime Minister of Israel]]
| term_start          = {{start date|2022|12|29|df=yes}}
| term_end            = 
| president           = [[Isaac Herzog]]
| predecessor         = [[Yair Lapid]]
| term_start1         = {{start date|2009|3|31|df=yes}}
| term_end1           = {{end date|2021|6|13|df=yes}}
| president1          = [[Shimon Peres]] <br/> [[Reuven Rivlin]]
| 1blankname1         = {{nowrap|[[Alternate Prime Minister of Israel|Alternate]]}}
| 1namedata1          = [[Benny Gantz]] <small>(2020–21)</small>
| predecessor1        = [[Ehud Olmert]]
| successor1          = [[Naftali Bennett]]
| term_start2         = {{start date|1996|6|18|df=yes}}
| term_end2           = {{end date|1999|7|6|df=yes}}
| president2          = [[Ezer Weizman]]
| predecessor2        = [[Shimon Peres]]
| successor2          = [[Ehud Barak]]
<!--Leader of the Opposition-->| office3             = [[Leader of the Opposition (Israel)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| status3             = 
| primeminister3      = [[Naftali Bennett]]<br/>[[Yair Lapid]]
| term_start3         = 28 June 2021<ref>[https://main.knesset.gov.il/EN/mk/Pages/HeadOfOpposition.aspx Leader of the Opposition] Knesset</ref>
| term_end3           = 29 December 2022
| predecessor3        = Yair Lapid
| successor3          = Yair Lapid
| primeminister4      = [[Ehud Olmert]]
| term_start4         = 16 January 2006
| term_end4           = 31 March 2009
| predecessor4        = [[Amir Peretz]]
| successor4          = [[Tzipi Livni]]
| primeminister5      = [[Yitzhak Rabin]]<br/>[[Shimon Peres]]
| term_start5         = 3 February 1993
| term_end5           = 18 June 1996
| predecessor5        = [[Yitzhak Shamir]]
| successor5          = [[Shimon Peres]]
<!---Chairman of Likud--->| office6             = Chairman of [[Likud]]
| term_start6         = {{start date|2005|12|20|df=yes}}
| term_end6           = 
| predecessor6        = [[Ariel Sharon]]
| successor6          = 
| term_start7         = {{Start date|1993|2|3|df=yes}}
| term_end7           = {{End date|1999|7|6|df=yes}}
| predecessor7        = [[Yitzhak Shamir]]
| successor7          = [[Ariel Sharon]]
| office8             = Ministerial roles
| subterm8            = 1996–1997
| suboffice8          = [[Ministry of Science, Technology and Space|Science and Technology]]
| subterm9            = 1996–1999
| suboffice9          = [[Ministry of Construction (Israel)|Housing and Construction]]
| subterm10           = 2002–2003
| suboffice10         = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Foreign Affairs]]
| subterm13           = 2003–2005
| suboffice13         = [[Ministry of Finance (Israel)|Finance]]
| subterm14           = 2009–2013
| suboffice14         = {{hlist|[[Ministry of Economic Strategy|Economic Strategy]]|[[Ministry of Health (Israel)|Health]]|[[Ministry for Social Equality|Pensioner Affairs]]}}
| subterm15           = 2012–2013
| suboffice15         = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Foreign Affairs]]
| subterm16           = 2013
| suboffice16         = {{hlist|[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Foreign Affairs]]|[[Ministry of Diaspora Affairs|Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs]]}}
| subterm17           = 2014–2015
| suboffice17         = [[Ministry of Communications (Israel)|Communications]]
| subterm18           = 2015
| suboffice18         = [[Ministry for Social Equality|Pensioner Affairs]]
| subterm19           = 2015–2019
| suboffice19         = {{hlist|[[Ministry of Economy (Israel)|Economy]]|[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Foreign Affairs]]|[[Ministry of Health (Israel)|Health]]|[[Regional Cooperation Minister of Israel|Regional Cooperation]]}}
| subterm20           = 2018–2019
| suboffice20         = [[Ministry of Defense (Israel)|Defense]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1949|10|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Tel Aviv]], Israel
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = Likud
| spouse              = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Miriam Weizmann|1972|1978|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Fleur Cates|1981|1984|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Sara Netanyahu|Sara Ben-Artzi]]|1991}}
}}
| children            = 3
| parents             = {{unbulleted list|[[Benzion Netanyahu]]|Tzila Segal}}
| relatives           = {{unbulleted list|[[Nathan Mileikowsky]] (grandfather)|[[Yonatan Netanyahu]] (brother)|[[Iddo Netanyahu]] (brother)|[[Elisha Netanyahu]] (uncle)|[[Nathan Netanyahu]] (cousin)}}
| alma_mater          = {{plainlist|
* [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Science|MS]])
* [[Harvard University]] ([[PhD]], dropped out)
}}
| occupation          = {{hlist|Politician|diplomat|writer|economic consultant|marketing executive}}
| cabinet             = {{hlist|[[Twenty-seventh government of Israel|27]]|[[Thirty-second government of Israel|32]]|[[Thirty-third government of Israel|33]]|[[Thirty-fourth government of Israel|34]]|[[Thirty-fifth government of Israel|35]]}}
| signature           = Benjamin Netanyahu signature.svg
| signature_alt       = 
| website             = {{official URL}}
| nickname            = Bibi<ref>{{cite web |title=Benjamin Netanyahu |url=https://www.biography.com/political-figure/benjamin-netanyahu |website=Biography |access-date=13 November 2019 |language=en-us}}</ref>
| branch              = [[Israel Defense Forces]]
| serviceyears        = 1967–1973
| rank                = ''[[Israel Defense Forces ranks|Seren]]'' (Captain)
| unit                = [[Sayeret Matkal]]
| battles             = {{unbulleted list|[[War of Attrition]]|[[Yom Kippur War]]|[[Israel–Hamas war]]}}
| native_name         = {{No bold|{{Script/Hebrew|בנימין נתניהו}}}}
| name                = Benjamin Netanyahu
}}
'''Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu''' ({{langx|he|בנימין נתניהו}};{{efn|Pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|ɛ|t|ən|ˈ|j|ɑː|h|uː}} {{respell|NET|ən|YAH|hoo}};<ref>{{cite Dictionary.com |Netanyahu |access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref> {{Langx|he|בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ|Binyamin Netanyahu}}, {{IPA|he|binjaˈmin netanˈjahu|pron|He-Benjamin Netanyahu.ogg}}}} born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician. He is the [[Prime Minister of Israel|prime minister of Israel]] since 2022. He was prime minister before from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Rob |last1=Picheta |first2=Hadas |last2=Gold |first3=Amir |last3=Tal |date=29 December 2022 |title=Benjamin Netanyahu sworn in as leader of Israel's likely most right-wing government ever |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/middleeast/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-swearing-in-intl/index.html |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228233951/https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/middleeast/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-swearing-in-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He is chair of the [[Likud]] party. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel's history, having served a total of over 17 years.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Heller | first1=Aron | title=Netanyahu makes history as Israel's longest-serving leader | url=https://www.apnews.com/a8a9d3c598954ca6803710e375117156 | date=17 July 2019 | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=17 July 2019 | archive-date=17 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717075053/https://www.apnews.com/a8a9d3c598954ca6803710e375117156 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Williams | first1=Dan | title=Bruised but driven, Netanyahu becomes Israel's longest-serving PM | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-netanyahu/bruised-but-driven-netanyahu-becomes-israels-longest-serving-pm-idUSKCN1UD1GV | date=18 July 2019 | publisher=[[Reuters]] | access-date=18 July 2019 | archive-date=18 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718133059/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-netanyahu/bruised-but-driven-netanyahu-becomes-israels-longest-serving-pm-idUSKCN1UD1GV | url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2023, Israel was [[7 October attacks|attacked]] by [[Hamas]]-led Palestinian groups, triggering the [[Israel–Hamas war]]. Netanyahu has been criticized for his role in not preventing the attack and then for his response to the attack.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/unthinkable-security-lapse-netanyahu-watch-analysis-israel-palestine-hamas-wxf5dd97f |title=Israel-Gaza conflict: Unthinkable security lapse on Netanyahu's watch |work=The Times |access-date=14 October 2023 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028183017/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/unthinkable-security-lapse-netanyahu-watch-analysis-israel-palestine-hamas-wxf5dd97f |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/israelis-question-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-on-colossal-failure-on-security-establishment/cid/1972740 |title=Israelis question Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 'colossal failure' on security establishment |work=The Telegraph Online |access-date=14 October 2023 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028182415/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/israelis-question-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-on-colossal-failure-on-security-establishment/cid/1972740 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/shocking-failure-of-israeli-security-a-blow-to-netanyahu/news-story/ba924d39fea487b748b9614e205fa365 |title=Netanyahu may end up the highest-ranking casualty of this attack |work=The Australian |access-date=14 October 2023 |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026211712/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/shocking-failure-of-israeli-security-a-blow-to-netanyahu/news-story/ba924d39fea487b748b9614e205fa365 |url-status=live }}</ref> His government [[Israel-Hamas war protests in Israel#"Bring Them Home Now" protests|faced protests]] calling for his removal.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Thousands Protest Across Israel Against Netanyahu's Government |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-20/ty-article/.premium/thousands-protest-across-israel-against-netanyahus-government/0000018d-282a-dd75-addd-faeb1faf0000 |access-date=2024-01-29 |work=Haaretz |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129002825/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-20/ty-article/.premium/thousands-protest-across-israel-against-netanyahus-government/0000018d-282a-dd75-addd-faeb1faf0000 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 January 2024 |title=Protesters call for change to Netanyahu government |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/protesters-tel-aviv-call-change-netanyahu-government-2024-01-20/ |work=Reuters}}</ref> Netanyahu's government has been accused of [[genocide]] and [[war crimes]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Eghbariah |first=Rabea |date=21 November 2023 |title=The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About genocide in Gaza |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/harvard-law-review-gaza-israel-genocide/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206163957/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/harvard-law-review-gaza-israel-genocide/ |archive-date=6 December 2023 |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=The Nation |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=16 November 2023 |title=Gaza: UN experts call on international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/11/gaza-un-experts-call-international-community-prevent-genocide-against |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=UN |archive-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224050530/https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/11/gaza-un-experts-call-international-community-prevent-genocide-against |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Burga |first=Solcyre |date=14 November 2023 |title=Is What's Happening in Gaza a Genocide? Experts Weigh In |url=https://time.com/6334409/is-whats-happening-gaza-genocide-experts/ |access-date=21 March 2024 |magazine=Time |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125022352/https://time.com/6334409/is-whats-happening-gaza-genocide-experts/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In May 2024, the [[International Criminal Court]] announced their plans to apply for an [[arrest warrant]] for Netanyahu, and other members of his cabinet, for [[war crime]]s and [[crimes against humanity]], as part of the [[International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine#Arrest warrants|ICC investigation in Palestine]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ray |first=Siladitya |date=2024-05-20 |title=ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Benjamin Netanyahu And Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/05/20/icc-seeks-arrest-warrants-for-benjamin-netanyahu-and-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240522012326/https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/05/20/icc-seeks-arrest-warrants-for-benjamin-netanyahu-and-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar/?sh=7675a4ec5815 |archive-date=2024-05-22 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=[[Forbes]] |language=en}}</ref> In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu along with [[Yoav Gallant]] and [[Mohammed Deif]].<ref name="ICC Warrant"/>
== Corruption charge ==
On February 28, 2019, Netanyahu was [[Indictment|indicted]] on bribe and fraud charges in three different cases.<ref>{{cite news|page=A1 |work=The Wall Street Journal |title=Israel's Netanyahu Is Indicted on Bribery and Fraud Charges | author1=Felicia Schwartz |author2=Dov Lieber |date=22 November 2019 |volume=CCLXXIV |number=123}}</ref> If Netanyahu is convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison for bribery and a maximum of three years for fraud and breach of trust.<ref>{{Cite web|first=David M.|last=Halbfinger|title=Israel's Netanyahu Indicted on Charges of Fraud, Bribery and Breach of Trust|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/world/middleeast/netanyahu-corruption-indicted.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121164012/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/world/middleeast/netanyahu-corruption-indicted.html |archive-date=21 November 2019 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.trust.org/item/20191121161354-9wsxc/|title=Israel's attorney general indicts PM Netanyahu on corruption charges|last1=Heller|first1=Jeffrey|last2=Williams|first2=Dan|date=21 November 2019|agency=[[Reuters]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191122013305/https://news.trust.org/item/20191121161354-9wsxc/|archive-date=22 November 2019|access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref> He is the first sitting prime minister in Israel's history to be charged with a crime.<ref name="toinov23">{{Cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 November 2019 |title=Netanyahu said set to give up 4 ministry portfolios after charges announced |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-said-set-to-give-up-4-ministry-portfolios-after-charges-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028182549/https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-said-set-to-give-up-4-ministry-portfolios-after-charges-announced/ |archive-date=28 October 2023 |access-date=23 November 2019 |work=The Times of Israel}}</ref>
== 2020 election ==
{{main|2020 Israeli legislative election}}
On April 20 April 2020, Opposition Leader [[Benny Gantz]] and Netanyahu announced an agreement on a unity government had been reached following the [[2020 Israeli legislative election|2020 legislative election]]. The deal would involve both parties splitting power and Gantz and Netanyahu taking turns being prime minister. The deal said that Gantz would be Vice Prime Minister until October 2021, by then he would replace Netanyahu to become [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/a-joint-meeting-between-netanyahu-and-gantz-to-start-soon-625241|title=After 17-month stalemate, Netanyahu and Gantz strike unity deal|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|access-date=20 April 2020|date=20 April 2020|author=Gil Hoffman}}</ref>
== Fifth term ==
In May 2021, [[Hamas]] fired rockets on Israel from Gaza, which caused Netanyahu to act [[Operation Guardian of the Walls]], lasting eleven days.<ref>{{cite news |title=Netanyahu, defense chiefs call operation 'game-changing' defeat of Hamas |last=Harkov |first=Lahav |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/netanyahu-not-everything-is-known-to-public-and-hamas-668761 |newspaper=Jerusalem Post |date=21 May 2021 |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>

After the 2021 Israel-Palestine crisis, Israeli politician and leader of the Yamina alliance [[Naftali Bennett]] announced that he has agreed to a deal with [[Yair Lapid]] to forge a coalition government that would remove Netanyahu from his Prime Minister position.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-30|title=Israeli opposition figures reach deal aimed at ousting Netanyahu|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/30/israel-opposition-netanyahu-lapid-bennett|access-date=2021-05-30|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> This is after the [[2021 Israeli legislative election|2021 March election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bennett announces plan to form gov't with Lapid that will oust Netanyahu|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/yesh-atid-new-hope-teams-to-meet-669589|access-date=2021-05-30|website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Sixth term ==
Following the [[2022 Israeli legislative election|2022 election]], Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in again as Prime Minister, officially beginning his sixth term on 29 December 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-resumes-role-as-pm-as-israels-most-hardline-government-ever-takes-office/|title=Netanyahu
 returns as PM, wins Knesset support for Israel's most hardline government|work=The Times of Israel|date=29 December 2022|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Benjamin Netanyahu sworn in as leader of Israel's likely most right-wing government ever|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/middleeast/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-swearing-in-intl/index.html|work=CNN|date=29
 December 2022|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>

In early 2023, Netanyahu’s government introduced a series of proposed [[2023 Israeli judicial reform|judicial reforms]] aimed at limiting the powers of the Supreme Court and increasing governmental influence over judicial appointments.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel’s Netanyahu unveils plans to overhaul the Supreme Court|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/4/israels-netanyahu-unveils-plans-to-overhaul-the-supreme-court|work=Al
 Jazeera|date=4 January 2023|access-date=9 February 2023}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The proposals prompted months of mass [[2023 Israeli judicial reform protests|nationwide protests]], with critics arguing that the changes would undermine the separation of powers and weaken Israeli democracy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel's Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul after mass protests|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65101041|work=BBC
 News|date=27 March 2023|access-date=28 March 2023}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

On 25 March 2023, Defense Minister [[Yoav Gallant]] publicly called for the suspension of the reforms, warning that they threatened national security amid growing social divisions.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli defense minister calls on Netanyahu to halt overhaul of courts|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/25/israel-defense-minister-yoav-gallant-netanyahu/|work=The
 Washington Post|date=25 March 2023|access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> Netanyahu dismissed Gallant the following day, triggering further protests and a political crisis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Netanyahu fires defense minister who called for halt to judicial overhaul|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/26/israel-netanyahu-gallant-defense-minister/|work=The
 Washington Post|date=27 March 2023|access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> Shortly afterward, Netanyahu announced a delay in the legislative process to allow for dialogue with opposition parties.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel: Netanyahu announces delay to judicial overhaul plan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/27/israel-netanyahu-judiciary-plans-halt|work=The
 Guardian|date=27 March 2023|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>

In May 2024, the Prosecutor of the [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC), [[Karim Ahmad Khan]], announced that he had applied for arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Defense Minister [[Yoav Gallant]], and Hamas leader [[Mohammed Deif]] in connection with alleged [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]] committed during the [[Israel–Hamas war]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine|url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state|publisher=International
 Criminal Court|date=20 May 2024|access-date=21 May 2024|archive-date=20 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520105912/https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 21 November 2024, the ICC issued formal arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant.<ref>{{cite news|title=ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-benjamin-netanyahu-israel|work=The
 Guardian|date=21 November 2024|access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref>
Israel rejected the ICC’s jurisdiction and condemned the move as politically motivated.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel rejects ICC arrest warrants, calls move 'outrageous'|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-rejects-icc-arrest-warrants-calls-move-outrageous-2024-11-22/|work=Reuters|date=22
 November 2024|access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref>

Netanyahu has continued to face ongoing domestic [[Trial of Benjamin Netanyahu|corruption trials]] for alleged bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, which he denies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Netanyahu appears in court for ongoing corruption trial|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/10/netanyahu-arrives-in-court-for-corruption-trial|work=Al
 Jazeera|date=10 December 2024|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>
== Army career ==
Netanyahu was a [[commander|captain]] in the [[Israel Defense Forces]]. He fought in the [[1968 Israeli raid on Lebanon|raid on Lebanon]] in 1968. He also fought in the raid on [[Yarden|Jordan]] in 1968. His brother Yonatan (1946, [[New York City]] – 1976, [[Entebbe]]) commanded the [[special reconnaissance]] unit ''Sayeret'' Matkal.
== Books and articles ==
'''Books''':<br />
Through the years Netanyahu [[author]]ed six books, three of which focus on [[counter-terrorism]]. The books he wrote himself include:
* ''International Terrorism: Challenge and Response'' (The Jonathon Institute, 1980) ({{ISBN|0-87855-894-2}})
* ''Terrorism: How the West Can Win'' (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986) ({{ISBN|0-380-70321-1}})
* ''A Place Among the Nations'' (Bantam, 1993) ({{ISBN|0-553-08974-9}})
* ''Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorism'' (Diane Pub Co, 1995) ({{ISBN|0-374-52497-1}})
* ''A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place Among the Nations'' (Warner Books, 2000) ({{ISBN|0-446-52306-2}})
* ''Bibi: My Story'' (Threshold Editions [Simon&Schuster], November, 2022)

== Benjamin Netanyahu Media ==
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File:Netanyahu's military service I.jpg|1967 photograph of Netanyahu by the Israel Defense Forces

File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - P.M. Netanyahu at Memorial Service for Yoni.jpg|Benjamin Netanyahu at the grave of his brother [[Yoni Netanyahu]], who was killed leading a counter-terrorist operation in 1976

File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Benjamin Netanyahu and Sorin Hershko.jpg|Netanyahu (right) with Sorin Hershko, a soldier wounded and permanently paralyzed in [[Operation Entebbe]], 2 July 1986

File:P.M. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SHAKING HANDS WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN YASSER ARAFAT (3x4 cropped).jpg|Netanyahu's first meeting with Palestinian president [[Yasser Arafat]] at the Erez crossing, 4 September 1996

File:President Bill Clinton has lunch with King Hussein of Jordan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, and Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority.jpg|Netanyahu with President [[Bill Clinton]], King [[Hussein of Jordan]] and Palestinian leader [[Yasser Arafat]] in October 1996

File:Houghton house Netanyahu Albright Arafat.jpg|Netanyahu sitting with U.S. secretary of state [[Madeleine Albright]] and Palestinian president [[Yasser Arafat]] at the [[Wye River Memorandum]], 1998

File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - P.M. Netanyahu Visiting the Western Wall.jpg|Netanyahu with his son Yair at the Western Wall in 1998

File:Med-Netan.jpeg|Netanyahu in a meeting with President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] in Russia, 24 March 2011

File:Benjamin Netanyahu and Yohanan Danino 2012.jpg|Netanyahu with [[Yohanan Danino]], appointed Israel's chief of police in 2011

File:Clinton Netanyahu Abbas Mitchell 2 Sep 2010.jpg|Netanyahu, [[Hillary Clinton]], [[George J. Mitchell]] and [[Mahmoud Abbas]] at the start of the [[Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians (2010-2011)|direct talks]], 2 September 2010

File:Channel 2 - Benjamin Netanyahu.webm|Video clip about Benjamin Netanyahu by Israel News Company
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== Related pages ==
* [[Fourth Netanyahu Government]]
* [[Netanyahu-Gantz Government]] (Fifth Netanyahu Government)
* [[Yonatan Netanyahu]]
== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Other websites ==
{{commonscat|Benjamin Netanyahu}}
* [http://en.netanyahu.org.il/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223002034/http://en.netanyahu.org.il/ |date=2012-02-23 }}
* [http://www.zionism-israel.com/bio/Benjamin_Nethanyahu.htm Biography of Benjamin Netanyahu] at [http://www.zionism-israel.com/zionist_biographies.htm Zionism and Israel Information Center Biography Section]
* [http://www.netanyahu.org/index.html Website of supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu] {{in lang|he}}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1630000/video/_1631740_mideast_netanyahu06_vi.ram Benjamin Netanyahu on the definition of terror] (BBC, 5 min.)
* [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3064466,00.html Benjamin Netanyahu Profile on Israeli Lexicon] ([[Ynetnews]])
* [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1123208391474&p=1006953079845 Netanyahu: Pullout will worsen Israel's security] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203093414/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1123208391474&p=1006953079845 |date=2012-02-03 }}. [[The Jerusalem Post]], 5 August 2005
*[http://cheltenhamalumni.org/BIOS/netanyahu-benjamin.htm Cheltenham High School Hall of Fame Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803163146/http://cheltenhamalumni.org/BIOS/netanyahu-benjamin.htm |date=2009-08-03 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803163146/http://cheltenhamalumni.org/BIOS/netanyahu-benjamin.htm |date=2009-08-03 }}
*[http://www.omedia.org/Show_Article.asp?DynamicContentID=1969&MenuID=608&ThreadID=1014011 Netanyahu’s Fortification Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027042321/http://www.omedia.org/Show_Article.asp?DynamicContentID=1969&MenuID=608&ThreadID=1014011 |date=2007-10-27 }}
*[http://www.knesset.gov.il/govt/eng/GovtByNumber_eng.asp The 32nd Government], official [[Knesset]] website
*[http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=2941 Sara Netanyahu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402110702/http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=2941 |date=2009-04-02 }}, Sara Netanyahu biography and photos

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