Benjamin Netanyahu Fast Facts

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Updated 1834 GMT (0234 HKT) November 2, 2021

Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in October 2019.
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Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in October 2019.
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A 17-year-old Netanyahu, right, sits with a friend at the entrance to his family home in Jerusalem in 1967. Netanyahu spent his teenage years in the United States, going to high school in Philadelphia.
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A 17-year-old Netanyahu, right, sits with a friend at the entrance to his family home in Jerusalem in 1967. Netanyahu spent his teenage years in the United States, going to high school in Philadelphia.
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Netanyahu, right, poses with a friend in the Judean Desert in 1968.
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Netanyahu, right, poses with a friend in the Judean Desert in 1968.
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Netanyahu serves in the Sayeret Matkal, an elite commando unit of the Israeli army, in 1971. He spent five years in the unit.
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Netanyahu serves in the Sayeret Matkal, an elite commando unit of the Israeli army, in 1971. He spent five years in the unit.
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Netanyahu shakes hands with Israeli President Zalman Shazar during a 1972 ceremony honoring Sayeret Matkal soldiers who freed hostages in a hijacking earlier that year.
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Netanyahu shakes hands with Israeli President Zalman Shazar during a 1972 ceremony honoring Sayeret Matkal soldiers who freed hostages in a hijacking earlier that year.
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Netanyahu and his first wife, Miriam, in 1980.
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Netanyahu and his first wife, Miriam, in 1980.
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Netanyahu and his daughter, Noa, in 1980. Netanyahu has three children in all.
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Netanyahu and his daughter, Noa, in 1980. Netanyahu has three children in all.
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In 1986, Netanyahu speaks with Sorin Hershko, one of the Israeli soldiers wounded in Operation Entebbe. It was the 10th anniversary of Operation Entebbe, a dramatic rescue of Jewish hostages at Uganda's Entebbe Airport. Netanyahu's brother, Yonatan, was killed leading Operation Entebbe in 1976. Affected by his brother's death, Netanyahu organized two international conferences on ways to combat terrorism — one in 1979 and another in 1984.
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In 1986, Netanyahu speaks with Sorin Hershko, one of the Israeli soldiers wounded in Operation Entebbe. It was the 10th anniversary of Operation Entebbe, a dramatic rescue of Jewish hostages at Uganda's Entebbe Airport. Netanyahu's brother, Yonatan, was killed leading Operation Entebbe in 1976. Affected by his brother's death, Netanyahu organized two international conferences on ways to combat terrorism — one in 1979 and another in 1984.
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From 1984 to 1988, Netanyahu was Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.
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From 1984 to 1988, Netanyahu was Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.
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Netanyahu talks to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir while visiting New York's Central Park in 1987.
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Netanyahu talks to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir while visiting New York's Central Park in 1987.
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Netanyahu, as Israel's deputy foreign minister, goes through some papers as Government Secretary Elyakim Rubinstein recites morning prayers during a flight to Washington, DC, in 1989.
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Netanyahu, as Israel's deputy foreign minister, goes through some papers as Government Secretary Elyakim Rubinstein recites morning prayers during a flight to Washington, DC, in 1989.
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Shamir speaks with Netanyahu at a Middle East peace conference in Madrid in 1991.
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Shamir speaks with Netanyahu at a Middle East peace conference in Madrid in 1991.
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