The two squadrons opened fire on each other Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Black History. Art, Literature, and Film History. Great Britain. Sign Up. World War II. He is alleged to have accepted gifts from billionaires and traded favours with media and telecoms moguls. Unlike one of his predecessors, Ehud Olmert, who stepped down after it appeared he would be indicted, Netanyahu has refused to leave power. Indicted in three separate cases , including on charges of bribery and fraud, Netanyahu faces more than a decade in prison if convicted but has vowed to fight the accusations, which he denies.
Two years ago, Netanyahu appeared to have successfully secured another term in office until disagreements erupted between Jewish ultra-Orthodox parties and the former defence minister and staunch secularist Avigdor Lieberman. Ultimately, the prime minister was unable to bring the two sides together and his rightwing coalition collapsed. The event led to an extended political deadlock in which three more snap elections were held in September , March and March , as increasingly divided Israeli politicians were unable to form stable governments.
But in his attempts for full control, Netanyahu isolated several of his partners on the right, including the incoming prime minister, Bennett. At the end of May, the opposition finally seized the opportunity and joined with disheartened former Netanyahu allies to take down their common enemy. In order to enjoy that, however, Netanyahu may first have to resign from parliament, a move that could hinder his chances of another political comeback. And that—as almost everyone I spoke to believes—is already on his mind.
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The Daily The best of The New Yorker , every day, in your in-box, plus occasional alerts when we publish major stories. Enter your e-mail address. In the end, it took an unprecedented coalition of parties whose only common goal was to oust him to finally cast him out. Mr Netanyahu's unrivalled success in polls owed much to the image he cultivated as the person who could best keep Israel safe from hostile forces in the Middle East. He took a hard line towards the Palestinians, putting security concerns at the top of any talk of peace, and long warned of existential danger to Israel from Iran.
His final years though were dogged by his criminal trial for alleged corruption, which fuelled criticism of his determination to stay on power, and street protests calling for him to go.
Benjamin Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv in In his family moved to the US when his father Benzion, a prominent historian and Zionist activist, was offered an academic post. At the age of 18, he returned to Israel, where he spent five distinguished years in the army, serving as a captain in an elite commando unit, the Sayeret Matkal.
He took part in a raid on Beirut's airport in and fought in the Middle East war. In , Mr Netanyahu's brother, Jonathan, was killed leading a raid to rescue hostages from a hijacked airliner in Entebbe, Uganda. His death had a profound impact on the Netanyahu family, and his name became legendary in Israel. Mr Netanyahu set up an anti-terrorism institute in his brother's memory and in became Israel's deputy chief of mission in Washington.
Overnight, Mr Netanyahu's public life was launched. An articulate English speaker with a distinctive American accent, he became a familiar face on US television and an effective advocate for Israel.
Only in , when Mr Netanyahu returned to Israel, did he become involved in domestic politics, winning a seat for the Likud party in the Knesset parliament and becoming deputy foreign minister. He later became party chairman, and in , Israel's first directly elected prime minister after an early election following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
Mr Netanyahu was also Israel's youngest leader and the first to be born after the state was founded in
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