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Israeli liberals are sissies because Join Habayit Hayehudi. In response, the left-wing Meretz released a clip featuring party leader Zahava Gal-On being dressed in ultra-Orthodox attire. The strategy may be working — at least for Netanyahu. Despite facing criticism at home and abroad for accepting US House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to address Congress on Iran's nuclear program, his image as a strong leader, especially on security issues, has him and his party ahead in the latest polls, according to Reuters.
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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 He lost office in after he called elections 17 months early, defeated by Labour leader Ehud Barak, Mr Netanyahu's former commander. Mr Netanyahu stepped down as Likud leader and was succeeded by Ariel Sharon.
After Mr Sharon was elected prime minister in , Mr Netanyahu returned to government, first as foreign minister and then as finance minister. In , he resigned in protest at the Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip. His chance came again in , when Mr Sharon - just before a massive stroke that left him in a coma - split from Likud and set up a new centrist party, Kadima. Life and times. Mr Netanyahu won the Likud leadership again and was elected prime minister for the second time in March He agreed to an unprecedented month freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank, enabling peace talks with Palestinians, but negotiations collapsed in late The Americans also withdrew from the Iran nuclear pact, in a step hailed by Mr Netanyahu.
When it finally arrived, the long-awaited Trump peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians - much heralded by its proponents as "the deal of the century" - was heavily tilted in Israel's favour. It was never implemented. Mr Netanyahu took personal credit for the diplomatic developments, along with historic deals, brokered by the US, to normalise Israeli relations with Arab League countries: the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. Despite his success on the global stage, Mr Netanyahu had growing problems at home.
The prime minister was under police investigation for allegedly accepting lavish gifts from businessmen as bribes and offering favours to try to get more positive press coverage. He remains on trial, denying the charges against him and calling them a political witch-hunt.
Israel has become increasingly polarised: outside a recent court hearing, two counter-protests were taking place. He's not perfect but he didn't do anything that they are saying. For many Israelis, the protracted legal process has been tied to a long period of political stalemate - which has resulted in four inconclusive general elections in two years.
The problem, of course, is that if you don't have a functioning government, you don't have a budget and full working services. It remains to be seen whether the new, fragile unity government will be able to put Israel "back on track" as Mr Netanyahu's replacement, Naftali Bennett has promised. Parties from across the political spectrum have come together in an effort to cast off Mr Netanyahu's divisive shadow.
However, with their deep, ideological differences there are many sensitive policies they will want to kick into the long grass. Mr Netanyahu, who is 71, has indicated that he plans to stay on as leader of his Likud party which controls a quarter of parliamentary seats.
A masterful political strategist, in opposition he will look to exploit the weaknesses of the governing coalition. Already he has tried to discredit Mr Bennett, his one-time chief of staff, accusing him of committing "the fraud of the century" to create a left-wing government which would, he said, imperil Israel. The former King has not given up hope of regaining his crown. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's unseated long-term leader.
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