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Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (help·info) (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "ביבי" נְתַנְיָהוּ‎, Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, born 21 October 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel and is Chairman of the Likud Party. As leader of the conservative Likud party, he was Prime Minister from June 1996 to July 1999. He is the first (and to date only) Prime Minister of Israel to be born after the State of Israel's foundation. He was Finance Minister of Israel until 9 August 2005, having resigned in protest at the Gaza Disengagement Plan advocated by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Netanyahu retook the Likud leadership on 20 December 2005. As of December 2006, he became the official leader of the Opposition in the Knesset and Chairman of the Likud Party. In August 2007 he retained the Likud leadership by beating Moshe Feiglin in party elections. Read more at Wikipedia


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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removes his glasses during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset (Israel's parliament) in Jerusalem on March 12, 2012. Israeli warplanes pounded the Gaza Strip for a fourth day, killing four more Palestinians, as a teenager died in a mystery blast, raising the death toll so far to 23. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON - Published on 2012-05-14 07:40:00 by Sydney Morning Herald

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removes his glasses during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset (Israel's parliament) in Jerusalem on March 12, 2012. Israeli warplanes pounded the Gaza Strip for a fourth day, killing four more Palestinians, as a teenager died in a mystery blast, raising the death toll so far to 23. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON

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    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and newly appointed minister Shaul Mofaz attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 13, 2012. (REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool) - Published on 2012-05-14 03:56:00 by Lebanon Daily Star

    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and newly appointed minister Shaul Mofaz attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 13, 2012. (REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool)

    Published by Lebanon Daily Star on 2012-05-14 03:56:00

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he wants to restart negotiations as soon as possible. (File photo) - Published on 2012-05-13 14:00:00 by Al Arabiya

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he wants to restart negotiations as soon as possible. (File photo)

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    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz after agreeing to a coalition government - Published on 2012-05-13 12:04:00 by The Jewish Press

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz after agreeing to a coalition government

    Published by The Jewish Press on 2012-05-13 12:04:00

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz after agreeing to a coalition government - Published on 2012-05-13 11:15:00 by The Jewish Press

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz after agreeing to a coalition government

    Published by The Jewish Press on 2012-05-13 11:15:00

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wears a ribbon commemorating the 67th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, on the lapel of his suit jacket, as he delivers a speech at the Knesset, Israel's parliament on May 09, 2012 in Jerusalem. The Knesset approved by 71 votes to 23 an agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the opposition Kadima party to form Israel's seventh national unity government, one of Israel's largest ruling coalitions ever with an ov - Published on 2012-05-13 08:03:00 by Lebanon Daily Star

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wears a ribbon commemorating the 67th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, on the lapel of his suit jacket, as he delivers a speech at the Knesset, Israel's parliament on May 09, 2012 in Jerusalem. The Knesset approved by 71 votes to 23 an agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the opposition Kadima party to form Israel's seventh national unity government, one of Israel's largest ruling coalitions ever with an ov

    Published by Lebanon Daily Star on 2012-05-13 08:03:00

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas (L) of the Palestinian Authority in the Monroe Room at the US State Department in Washington, DC, September 2, 2010 (AFP Photo / Pool / Jason Reed) - Published on 2012-05-13 00:11:00 by Russia Today

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas (L) of the Palestinian Authority in the Monroe Room at the US State Department in Washington, DC, September 2, 2010 (AFP Photo / Pool / Jason Reed)

    Published by Russia Today on 2012-05-13 00:11:00

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference to announce a coalition deal between the Likud and Kadima parties (May 08, 2012) - Published on 2012-05-10 15:33:00 by Toronto Star

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference to announce a coalition deal between the Likud and Kadima parties (May 08, 2012)

    Published by Toronto Star on 2012-05-10 15:33:00

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