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Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the ninth and current Prime Minister of Israel, serving since March 2009. Netanyahu also serves as the current Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.
Netanyahu is the first and only Israeli prime minister born in Israel after the State of Israel's foundation. Netanyahu joined the Israeli Defense Forces in 1967 where he served as a commander in the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit, taking part in many missions including the hostages rescue mission from the hijacked Sabena Flight 571 in 1972 (coincidentally under the leadership of Ehud Barak). He fought in the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and achieved the rank of captain before being discharged. Netanyahu served as the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988, member of the Likud Party, and was Prime Minister from June 1996 to July 1999. Netanyahu was Foreign Minister (2002–2003) and Finance Minister (2003–August 2005) in Ariel Sharon's governments, but he departed over disagreements regarding the ... » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 Israel, China and the Arab Initiative
2013-05-16
Israel, China and the Arab Initiative Akiva Eldar. For how long will China continue its “business as usual” policy with Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps squandering the Arab Peace Initiative? The Netanyahus Take Flack For Royal ...
(Al-Monitor)
  1. Ban presses Netanyahu over Jerusalem holy sites: UN
  2. Israel to authorise four West Bank settler outposts
  3. From Beijing to Jerusalem
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 Netanyahu's household spending up 80% in four years
2013-05-13
Related Topics. Benjamin Netanyahu · The Movement for Freedom of Information · prime minister's residence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu household spending has nearly doubled since 2009, growing by 80 percent to some NIS 5.4 million ($1.5m.) ...
(The Times of Israel)
  1. PM household expenses rise dramatically since 2009
  2. PM's Residence cleaning, makeup expenses double
  3. MK Cabel: Investigate PM Residence's Spending Budget
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 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir ...
2013-05-13
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Moscow today where he will discuss the Syrian crisis with President Vladimir Putin. Israel has asked Russia not to sell Syria an advanced air defence system, the S-300, while Russia opposes military ...
(The Independent)
  1. Talks between Putin, Netanyahu expected to focus on Syria
  2. Netanyahu, Putin to meet Tuesday for Syria talks
  3. Russia's Putin to host Israeli PM Netanyahu for talks expected to focus on Syria
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 Benjamin Netanyahu hits turbulence over bed installed on plane
2013-05-12
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, is facing embarrassment after it was revealed that he asked for a bedroom to be specially fitted to the plane he used to travel to Margaret Thatcher's funeral last month. The fitting of a private bedroom ...
(The Independent)
  1. Benjamin Netanyahu installed £90000 double bed on plane for London flight
  2. Benjamin Netanyahu and Wife Sara Reverse Course on $127K Plane Bed
  3. Netanyahu's Plane Bed Bill Of $127000 Brings Criticism From Israelis
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 Benjamin Netanyahu Spends $127K on El Al Airplane 'Resting Chamber'
2013-05-11
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent $127,000 of Israeli taxpayers' money on a “resting chamber” that was especially constructed for him and his wife on their five-hour flight to London last month, Channel 10 reported. The Prime Minister's Office ...
(Jewish Daily Forward)
  1. Netanyahu drops demand for bedchamber on flights to Europe
  2. Report: Netanyahu spends $127000 on airplane 'rest chamber'
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 Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Russia
2013-05-11
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit Russia later this month for talks on Syria, a top Israeli official said Saturday, VoR Reported. NETANYAHU. Tel Aviv is especially concerned with supplies of Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile ...
(InSerbia News)
  1. Netanyahu trying to thwart transfer of surface-to-air missiles from Russia to ...
  2. Netanyahu, Putin could meet as early as this week to talk Syria
  3. Assad forces appear to gain ground in Syria
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 Benjamin Netanyahu Wants To Teach Stephen Hawking How To Be A Scientist ...
2013-05-11
The Jerusalem Post reports: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu slammed Prof. Stephen Hawking for joining the boycott against Israel and cancelling plans to attend President Shimon Peres's conference next month, saying the celebrated physicist should ...
(Eurasia Review)
  1. ADL condemns Stephen Hawking's support of 'abhorrent' Israel boycott as 'sad'
  2. Boycott of Israel is small for now, but gets higher profile with Hawking
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 Netanyahu Teaches Lapid A Lesson in Politics
2013-05-09
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on an official visit in far-off China these days, expressed his full support of his Finance Minister Yair Lapid [May 8], who is the target of keen arrows of criticism in Israel. But this move of the prime minister is ...
(Al-Monitor)
  1. Netanyahu backs Lapid's budget proposal
  2. Netanyahu: I won't intervene in budget, apart from security cut
  3. Netanyahu wanted budget delayed; Lapid refused
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 China offers subtle signals of encouragement for Netanyahu
2013-05-09
China's media, directed by its government, used the simultaneous visits by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas this week to highlight the country's ostensibly growing role in the Middle East – in ...
(The Times of Israel)
  1. China's Xi urges Netanyahu to restart peace talks
  2. Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu Visits China
  3. Netanyahu meets China president in Beijing
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