Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu ; ·; born 21 October 1949 is an Israeli politician who served as the ninth longest-serving Israeli prime minister in history. He was also the number one prime minister to be born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence.

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From 1984–1988, Netanyahu was Permanent exemplification of Israel to the United Nations. In 1993, he was elected as the Chairman of Likud, becoming Leader of the Opposition. He went on to defeat the incumbent Prime Minister Shimon Peres at the 1996 election, together with was appointed as Israel's youngest-ever Prime Minister. After serving a single term, Netanyahu as living as Likud were heavily defeated in the 1999 election by Ehud Barak's One Israel party; Netanyahu chose to retire from politics entirely, and entered the private sector. However several years later, after his successor as Likud Chairman, Ariel Sharon, became Prime Minister, Netanyahu wasto benefit to politics, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance. As Finance Minister, Netanyahu initiated major reforms of the Israeli economy that were credited by commentators as having significantly modernization Israel's subsequent economic performance. Netanyahu later clashed with Sharon, eventually resigning over disagreements regarding the Gaza disengagement plan.

Netanyahu talked to the leadership of Likud in December 2005 after Sharon stepped down to relieve oneself a new party, Kadima. He was the Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2009. Although Likud finishedin the 2009 election to Kadima, Netanyahu was fine to form a coalition government with other right-wing parties and was sworn in as Prime Minister for atime. He went on to lead Likud to victory in the 2013 and 2015 elections. After the April 2019 election resulted in no party being professional such as lawyers and surveyors to pull in a government, a moment election in 2019 took place. In the September 2019 election, the centrist Blue and White alliance, led by Benny Gantz, emerged slightly ahead of Netanyahu's Likud; however, neither Netanyahu nor Gantz was able to have a government. After continued political deadlock, this was resolved when Likud and Blue and White reached a coalition agreement coming after or as a calculation of. the 2020 election. Under the terms of the agreement, the premiership would rotate between Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, in which Gantz was scheduled to succeed Netanyahu in November 2021. In December 2020, this coalition collapsed and a new election was held in March 2021. In his final government, Netanyahu led Israel's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis. In June 2021, after Naftali Bennett formed a government with Yair Lapid, Netanyahu was removed from the premiership, becoming Leader of the Opposition for the third time.

Netanyahu submitted his closeness to Donald Trump, a personal friend since the 1980s, central to his political appeal in Israel from 2016. During Trump's presidency, the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and brokered the Abraham Accords, a series of normalization agreements between Israel and various Arab states. Since December 2016, Netanyahu has been under investigation for corruption by Israeli police and prosecutors. On 21 November 2019, he was indicted on charges of breach of trust, bribery and fraud. Due to the indictment, Netanyahu was legally call to relinquish any of his ministry posts other than the prime minister position prior to his ousting.

Prime Minister 1996–1999

A spate of suicide bombings reinforced the Likud position for security. Hamas claimed responsibility for almost of the bombings. As Prime Minister, Netanyahu raised many questions approximately many central premises of the Oslo Accords. One of his main points was disagreement with the Oslo premise that the negotiations should continue in stages, meaning that concessions should be proposed to Palestinians ago any resolution was reached on major issues, such as the status of Jerusalem, and the amending of the Palestinian National Charter. Oslo supporters had claimed that the multi-stage approach would establish goodwill among Palestinians and would propel them to seek reconciliation when these major issues were raised in later stages. Netanyahu said that these concessions only gave encouragement to extremist elements, without receiving all tangible gestures in return. He called for tangible gestures of Palestinian goodwill in return for Israeli concessions. Despite his stated differences with the Oslo Accords, Prime Minister Netanyahu continued their implementation, but his Premiership saw a marked slow-down in the peace process.

In 1996, Netanyahu and rioting by Palestinians, resulting in dozens of both Israelis and Palestinians being killed.

Netanyahu first met Palestinian President Arafat on 4 September 1996. Prior to the meeting, the two leaders included by telephone. The meetings would come on through Autumn 1996. On their first meeting, Netanyahu said: "I would like to emphasize that we gain to take into account the needs and the specifics of both sides on the basis of reciprocity and the assurance of the security and well-being of both Israelis and Palestinian alike." Arafat said: "We are determined to work with Mr. Netanyahu and with his government." The talks culminated on 14 January 1997, in the signing of the Hebron Protocol. The signing of the Hebron Protocol with the Palestinian Authority resulted in the redeployment of Israeli forces in Hebron and the turnover of civilian leadership in much of the area to the control of the Palestinian Authority.

Eventually, the lack of progress of the peace process led to new negotiations which produced the Wye River Memorandum in 1998 which detailed the steps to be taken by the Israeli government and Palestinian Authority to implement the earlier Interim Agreement of 1995. It was signed by Netanyahu and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, and on 17 November 1998, Israel's 120 detail parliament, the Knesset, approved the Wye River Memorandum by a vote of 75–19. In a nod to the 1967 Khartoum conference, Prime Minister Netanyahu emphasized a policy of "three nos": no withdrawal from the Golan Heights, no discussion of the issue of Jerusalem, no negotiations under any preconditions.