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(Spook, Author, Businessman, Deep Politician, “terror expert”)
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BornBenjamin Netanyahu
21 October 1949
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University
ReligionJew
Parents • Benzion Netanyahu
• Tzila Segal
Children • Noa Avner
• Yair Netanyahu
SpouseMiriam Weizmann
Member ofLe Cercle
Interest ofSheldon Adelson, Haim Geron
PartyLikud
Israeli deep politician who has been Prime Minister of Israel

Employment.png Prime Minister of Israel

In office
31 March 2009 - 13 June 2021
Preceded byEhud Olmert

Employment.png Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel

In office
14 May 2015 - 28 February 2003
Preceded byAvigdor Lieberman

Employment.png Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel

In office
18 December 2012 - 11 November 2013
Preceded byAvigdor Lieberman
Succeeded byAvigdor Lieberman

Employment.png Israel/Leader of the Opposition

In office
28 March 2006 - 31 March 2009

Employment.png Israel/Minister of Finance

In office
28 February 2003 - 9 August 2005

Employment.png Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel

In office
6 November 2002 - 28 February 2003

Employment.png Prime Minister of Israel

In office
18 June 1996 - 6 July 1999
Succeeded byEhud Barak

Employment.png Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel

In office
6 January 1998 - 13 October 1998

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is an Israeli deep politician who became the Prime Minister of Israel again on 31 March 2009.[1][2] Netanyahu has been part of Israeli politics for so long and with such influence (influencing US foreign policy as well), several CCM have placed questions how that is still possible, openly calling him out for bribes or just a plain "con man" as numerous institutions including the national police force advised prosecuting him for bribery.[3][4]

Career

Soldier

Binyamin Netanyahu joined the Israel Defence Forces shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967 and became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit. He took part in many missions, including Operation Inferno (1968), Operation Gift (1968) and Operation Isotope (1972), during which he was shot in the shoulder. He fought on the front lines in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, taking part in special forces raids along the Suez Canal, and then leading a commando assault deep into Syrian territory.[5][6] He achieved the rank of captain before being discharged.

Deep Politician

After graduating from MIT, he was recruited as an economic consultant for the Boston Consulting Group. He returned to Israel in 1978 to found the Yonatan Netanyahu Anti-Terror Institute, named after his brother Yonatan, who died leading the July 1976 Operation Entebbe. In 1979 this group convened the Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism, which established the direction of the supranational deep state's "war on terror" project. In the 1980s this project was to framed the discourse about "terrorism" and "counter-terrorism" to try to legitimize actions taken by the Israel government against Palestinians.[7] Binyamin Netanyahu was the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988.

Netanyahu, Rabin and the Assassination That Shook History - Netanyahu at War - PBS FRONTLINE - In this video, an often forgotten link is shown as the Israeli public suspected Netanyahu of organising the murder of then PM of Israel Yitzhak Rabin

Politician

Netanyahu became the leader of the Likud party in 1993 and won the 1996 elections, becoming Israel's youngest ever Prime Minister, serving his first term from June 1996 to July 1999. He moved from the political arena to the private sector after being defeated in the 1999 election for prime minister by Ehud Barak. Netanyahu returned to politics in 2002 as Foreign Affairs Minister (2002–03) and Finance Minister (2003–05) in Ariel Sharon's governments, but he departed the government over disagreements regarding the Gaza disengagement plan. As Minister of Finance, Netanyahu engaged in a major reform of the Israeli economy, which was credited by commentators as having significantly improved Israel's subsequent economic performance.[8] He retook the Likud leadership in December 2005, after Sharon left to form a new party, Kadima. In December 2006, Netanyahu became the official Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset and Chairman of Likud. Following the 2009 parliamentary election, in which Likud placed second and right-wing parties won a majority,[9] Netanyahu formed a coalition government.[10][11] After the victory in the 2013 elections, he became the second person to be elected to the position of Prime Minister for a third term, after Israel's founder David Ben-Gurion. In March 2015, Netanyahu was elected to his fourth term as prime minister.[12][13][14]

Wikileaks

“Benjamin Netanyahu is "elegant and charming", according to a cable apparently penned by an official at the U.S. embassy in Egypt, "but never keeps his promises".”
Wikileaks (2010)  [15]


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was a source to Stratfor Vice President for intelligence Fred Burton since at least May of 2007, according to internal Stratfor emails published by WikiLeaks. In an email dated May 1, 2007, Burton says that "BiBi [i.e. Netanyahu] believes he can unseat Olmert and there is a movement underway to do so." Not detailling what this movement inplied, another mail implied Hezbollah to be under US leadership.[16]

Iraq War

On 12 September 2002, Netanyahu testified under oath (as a private citizen) before the U.S. House of Representatives' "Committee on Oversight and Government Reform" about the nuclear threat posed by the Iraqi régime.[17] Six months later the United States, Britain and the coalition of the willing launched the Iraq War on the (false) premise that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and that Saddam Hussein's government posed an imminent threat to the United States and its coalition allies.[18]

🇮🇱 🇮🇷 Spy Cables: Mossad contradicted Netanyahu on Iran nuclear programme

Arrest petition

Spoof mug-shot wanted poster

Following its launch in August 2015, a petition to the UK Government and Parliament was signed by over 100,000 people calling for Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested for war crimes when he holds talks in London this September: "Under international law Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes upon arrival in the UK for the massacre of over 2000 civilians in 2014."[19] None of the commercially-controlled media covered the story.

Once the petition reached 10,000 signers, the UK Government was obliged to respond, saying:

"Under UK and international law, certain holders of high-ranking office in a State, including Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs are entitled to immunity, which includes inviolability and complete immunity from criminal jurisdiction."[20]

On 5 September 2015, The Times of Israel reported:

A petition on the British Parliament’s website urging the UK to arrest Netanyahu for “war crimes” has received more than 100,000 signatures, making the matter eligible for debate by lawmakers. The campaign reached its target on Saturday morning. Netanyahu will visit London this coming week for talks with British counterpart David Cameron. The two prime ministers are expected to discuss regional issues, with an emphasis on the Iran nuclear deal reached between world powers and Tehran on July 14. British officials told Channel 2 that Cameron plans to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip, stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and the Syrian civil war.[21]

The Petitions Committee met on 8 September 2015 and reported:

"Because the Government said in its response that the request made by the petition was something that it was not able to do under UK and international law, the Committee agreed that it would not take any further action on the petition. It is still open to MPs who want a debate on this issue to find other opportunities, such as an application to the Backbench Business Committee."

On 9 September 2015, hundreds of protesters blocked the road outside 10 Downing Street as David Cameron met his "close friend" Benjamin Netanyahu. They included many Jews showing solidarity with the Palestinian people, and who also objected to Netanyahu's belief that Israel represents all of world Jewry.[22]

Welcoming the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, Netanyahu said in a statement:

President-elect Trump is a true friend of the state of Israel. We will work together to advance the security, stability and peace in our region. The strong connection between the United States and Israel is based on shared values, shared interests and a shared destiny."[23]

Police interrogation

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is a dominating political force in Israel and beyond, is at the center of multiple political scandals. Cases of corruption have come up against Benjamin Netanyahu, and some of his closest advisors and confidants. Recently, police even recommended that Netanyahu be charged for his alleged involvement in two of the incidents. Even though Netanyahu has written these allegations off as a political “witch hunt” against him and “fake news” we want to explore what these cases are all about in the first place.

In January 2017, Netanyahu was interrogated at his home by Israeli police for three hours regarding alleged corruption.[24] In February 2018 Israeli police recommended indicting him for bribery.[25]

Army desertion

Before a Hamas attack in 2023, dozens of Israeli air force reservists said 2 months earlier they’ll refuse to show up for duty if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government moves ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary.[26] Israeli Army suspended its navy commander 2 months before the attack.[27] A protest signed by thousands of reservists over the last seven months up to the attack, had mostly remained threats. Up to the attack, 161 critical air force personnel announced they will stop their service, raising concerns about the military’s readiness in the face of similar refusals at a time of heightened violence and tensions on several fronts. Hundreds of reservists from various units joined a rally in Tel Aviv in august 2023, declaring they would not report for duty anymore.[28]

Books and articles

Books

  • A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place Among the Nations (Warner Books, 2000) ISBN 0-446-52306-2
  • Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic And International Terrorism (Diane Pub Co, 1995) ISBN 0-7881-5514-8
  • A Place Among the Nations (Bantam, 1993) ISBN 0-553-08974-9
  • Terrorism: How the West Can Win (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986) ISBN 0-374-27342-1

Articles

Resources

Neocon Europe, Benjamin Netanyahu, Accessed 13-March-2009

Covid jab as Pearl Harbor

As Prime Minister during Covid, Netanyahu instigated a system of lockdowns and vaccine passports in order to force through coerced injections.

“When the planes landed with the massive containers of vaccines, that was one of the most exciting moments in all my years as prime minister, because I felt that this was more or less like when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, you knew it was already the beginning of the end.”
Benjamin Netanyahu (June 2021)  [15]



 

Quotes by Benjamin Netanyahu

PageQuoteDateSource
"9-11/Israel did it"“We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq," Ma'ariv quoted the former prime minister as saying. He reportedly added that these events "swung American public opinion in our favor."”Haaretz
2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War“Under no circumstances and at no stage was Prime Minister Netanyahu warned of war intentions on the part of Hamas. On the contrary, the assessment of the entire security echelon, including the head of military intelligence and the head of Shin Bet, was that Hamas was deterred and was seeking an arrangement".”October 2023Benjamin Netanyahu
Television“I once said to the chair, the heads of the CIA, when I was prime minister, that if you want to advance regime change in Iran you don't have to go through the CIA cloak and dagger stuff. What you want to do is, is take very large, very strong transponders and just beam Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 2050 and all that, into, into Tehran and into Iran because that is subversive stuff. They watch with, the young kids watch it, the young people. They want to have the same nice clothes and the same houses and swimming pools and so on.”12 September 2002C-SPAN

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Sigrid Kaag“Happily there were pro-Israeli demonstrators in Tel-Aviv that said the road of Benjamin Netanyahu, that soundbite, with an almost racist demagogue.... about the Palestinian peace-partner that has been isolated. But look at their environments, day in, day out, 1 million people are prisoners.”Sigrid Kaag10 June 1996
Mati Kochavi“The memory of the Holocaust outside of Israel is disappearing,” Mr. Kochavi said in an interview. “We thought, let’s do something really disruptive. We found the journal and said, ‘Let’s assume that instead of pen and paper Eva had a smartphone and documented what was happening to her.’ So we brought a smartphone to 1944.” The buzz around the project has been intense. Even before the fictional Instagram account was activated, it had more than 200,000 followers, the result of an aggressive marketing campaign involving billboards and online promotions by celebrity social media influencers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed the project.”Mati Kochavi30 April 2019

 

Event Planned

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism2 July 19795 July 1979Israel
Jerusalem
The birthplace of the "War on Terror" doctrine, "a major international forum for the movement against détente".

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism2 July 19795 July 1979Israel
Jerusalem
The birthplace of the "War on Terror" doctrine, "a major international forum for the movement against détente".
WEF/Annual Meeting/200923 January 200927 January 2009World Economic Forum
Switzerland
Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201422 January 201425 January 2014World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016World Economic Forum
Switzerland
Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/201823 January 201826 January 2018Switzerland~2200 of the super-rich meet to talk about "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201922 January 201925 January 2019World Economic Forum
Switzerland
Washington Conference on International Terrorism24 June 198427 June 1984US
Washington DC
A key conference in establishing the "War On Terror", 5 years after the seminal Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism

 

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References

  1. The Enduring Influence of Benjamin Netanyahu's Father Judy Dempsey, 3 May 2012, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  2. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/01/bibis-blues.html
  3. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/9/13/magician-or-con-artist-why-does-netanyahu-keep-winning
  4. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiV6MKy2o37AhX6g_0HHbsgDXsQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fmiddle-east%2Fnetanyahu-comeback-dominates-israel-election-all-about-bibi-2022-10-24%2F&usg=AOvVaw3dpLCCzE9X5n6UHFMKNYu6
  5. Amir Buhbut, "Sayeret Matkal is 50 years old"
  6. Saving Sergeant Netanyahu By Mitch Ginsburg, 25 October 2012, Times of Israel
  7. http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/747
  8. Likud Leaders, by Thomas G. Mitchell, (McFarland 2015), Chapter 10
  9. http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=132385
  10. http://www.haaretz.com/news/netanyahu-sworn-in-as-israel-s-prime-minister-1.273265
  11. http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/31/us-israel-idUSTRE52U4VH20090331
  12. “Is This Ship Sinking?” Inside the Collapse of the Campaign Against Netanyahu 20 March 2015, New Yorker
  13. "Can Binyamin Netanyahu win again?" 14 March 2015 | Jerusalem, The Economist
  14. "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wins Re-Election, Becomes Israel's Longest-Serving Prime Minister"
  15. a b https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-likens-1st-vaccines-arrival-in-israel-to-bombing-of-pearl-harbor/
  16. https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-stratfor-emails-benjamin-nentanyahu-was-a-stratfor-source-from-2007-to-2010-2012-3?international=true&r=US&IR=T
  17. "Netanyahu was wrong about Iraq having nuclear weapons"
  18. "In Their Own Words: Iraq's 'Imminent' Threat"
  19. "Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested for war crimes when he arrives in London"
  20. "UK Government response"
  21. "Netanyahu arrest up for debate as UK petition hits target"
  22. "What happened when the war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu came to town?"
  23. "Trump has 'every intention' of recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital"
  24. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-02/bibi-blasts-dont-celebrate-too-soon-israeli-police-begin-questioning-over-corruption?page=1
  25. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-netanyahu-police/israeli-police-recommend-bribery-charges-against-netanyahu-idUSKCN1FX2JD
  26. https://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-legal-overhaul-military-e5896aa3c34f2b3b39157f5fcbfe9765
  27. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-17/ty-article/.premium/israeli-army-suspends-top-navy-commander-from-reserve-duty-for-resisting-judicial-coup/0000018a-0306-d0e3-a9ee-275eabea0000
  28. https://apnews.com/article/israel-military-netanyahu-protests-judicial-overhaul-8c9c1a5f21c784914e780f1c4d4f7e68