Benjamin (Binyamin) Netanyahu is the prime minister of Israel. Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv on October 21, 1949, to Tsilah and Benzion, a renowned historian. His older brother, Yonatan (Yoni), was killed in action while commanding the special forces rescue operation of Israeli hostages in Entebbe, Uganda.
Benjamin Netanyahu is married to Sara, with whom he has two sons. He has been married twice before and has a daughter from his first marriage. In 2009, he became a grandfather for the first time.
On February 14, 2018, Israel Police announced that there was sufficient evidence indicating Netanyahu took bribes in two separate cases and acted "against public interests."
In the past month Israel's Prime Minister has punished Jordan, mocked Egypt, irked the Saudis and gotten the UAE to send a plane for nothing. For his election campaign he's also revealing secrets; it's nothing new
As campaigning enters its final stretch, Channel 12 poll has Likud pulling ahead to 30 seats, while four small parties facing electoral oblivion scrape into the Knesset
Israeli voters tell Haaretz why they will vote differently in next week's election
Only 20.5 percent consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict an important electoral issue, poll shows
Economists are divided about whether Israel coped successfully; GDP fell a modest amount but population growth is high, automatically boosting GDP
No one seems to believe that Bennett has burned his bridges and won't find himself back in Netanyahu's coalition after the election
The police said they would open a formal investigation into Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, following accusations of sexual assault and exploitation of women, men, and children revealed in a Haaretz report on Thursday
Since the outbreak of weekly protests almost a year ago, Haaretz has found that only nine indictments have been filed for attacks on anti-gov't demonstrators, even though dozens of incidents have been caught on video
Prime Minister Netanyahu is showing voters that no U.S. president will prevent him from promoting a quiet transfer in the West Bank or imposing an apartheid regime in the territories
Religious Zionism's Ben-Gvir will be made minister ahead of many others for one simple reason: He will be the 61st lawmaker Prime Minister Netanyahu needs for a Knesset majority
'There never was any political connection between the Mossad director and the prime minister or the Likud party,' Yossi Cohen said following suggestions Netanyahu made in a TV interview
Order was ultimately cancelled, journalist Ben Caspit reported, but came after Jordan stalled approval of Netanyahu's planned flight through Jordanian airspace to the UAE
If Netanyahu succeeds in the upcoming Israeli election and forms the next government with an unholy alliance of far-right and religious extremists, democracy will suffer, and so will the country's ties with the United States
Days after Jordan withheld approval for his flight to UAE, Netanyahu tells Channel 13 News Israel has 'good relations' with its eastern neighbor, claims 'missiles over Saudi Arabia' prevented an alternative flight route
Counter-protests by supporters of Prime Minister Netanyahu held in Tel Aviv, Haifa
The office opening comes one month after Prague received thousands of COVID vaccine doses from Israel
Ayman al-Safadi says Jordan is 'angry' with Israel over a canceled visit by Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which was nixed over security arrangements
A statement from the prime minister says that Benjamin Netanyahu is at Sara's side as she recovers from her surgery, after being taken to the hospital for appendicitis
Netanyahu failed to pull a rabbit with UAE visit, but his campaign can draw encouragement from other developments
Once a premier broadcaster and journalism school in one, the station has come under control of Netanyahu's allies, and its stature is in decline
Netanyahu's rivals, jealous over his ingenuity, won’t be able to take their eyes off him and will continue to respond with pointless stammering
Netanyahu hoped a visit to the UAE would boost him ahead of this month's election, but it was canceled at the last minute – and Israelis don't know why
Gantz's remarks come hours after Netanyahu canceled his historic visit to the United Arab Emirates, claiming there were difficulties with approving the flight path with Jordan
Czech prime minister attends ceremony; Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi hails Czech Republic for 'leading the change in Europe toward the city of Jerusalem'