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The allegations against him first surfaced in and led to him stepping down the following year, to be replaced by current President Shimon Peres.
After his indictment, he gave a televised news conference claiming he was the "victim of a lynching" organised by then-Attorney General Menahem Mazuz. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was a "sad day for the State of Israel and its citizens" but added that the trial was a sign of strength of the country's judicial system. Women's groups in Israel have welcomed the verdict, arguing that allegations of sexual harassment are too often ignored. Ex-president's fall to disgrace.
Israeli media hail Katsav verdict. Israel's Katsav rape trial opens. Katsav claims 'lynching' by media. Netanyahu visits Moriah College in Sydney in February It was the first time an Israeli prime minister had visited Australia.
Trump visited Israel and the West Bank during his first foreign trip as President. Netanyahu, speaking at a security conference in Germany in February , holds up what he claimed was a piece of an Iranian drone that was shot down after it flew over Israeli territory.
Netanyahu, giving a speech at the Ministry of Defense in April , accused Iran of "brazenly lying" over its nuclear ambitions. He said Israel had uncovered files that prove his allegation and that the Islamic republic was keeping an "atomic archive" at a secret compound. The Netanyahus cast their votes during Israel's parliamentary elections in April The election was seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's long tenure as prime minister.
Netanyahu greets supporters in April Trump was incredibly popular in Israel — far more popular than he was in the United States. Exit polls for a repeat general election failed to give either of the political rivals a majority in the new parliament. Likud won 59 seats in the general election but came up three seats short of a majority. The agreement normalized relations between Israel and the two Gulf nations.
Netanyahu comes out of a Jerusalem courtroom during the evidence-hearing stage of his corruption trial in April Netanyahu faces charges in three separate cases. He has denied the charges, describing them as a media-fueled witch hunt against him. Fighting erupted between Israelis and Palestinians on May 10 as Palestinian militants in Gaza started firing rockets at Israel, which responded with airstrikes across Gaza.
It was one of the area's worst rounds of violence since the Gaza War. Netanyahu delivers a statement in Jerusalem in May , after Naftali Bennett, leader of the small right-wing party Yamina, announced that he would be working toward a coalition agreement with Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist party Yesh Atid, to join a new government. Netanyahu denounced Bennett as a man who cared about nothing other than becoming prime minister. Netanyahu attends a special session to vote on a new government in June Naftali Bennett won a confidence vote with the narrowest of margins — 60 votes to 59 — ending Netanyahu's year grip on power.
Birth date: October 21, Birth place: Tel Aviv, Israel. Birth name : Binyamin Netanyahu. Read More. Father: Benzion Netanyahu, a historian. Mother: Cela Segal Netanyahu. Military service: Israeli Defense Forces, , Captain. Religion: Jewish. Other Facts. Leader of the right-wing Likud Party. Is known throughout Israel by the nickname "Bibi. Spent his teenage years in the United States; went to high school in Philadelphia.
First Israeli prime minister to be born after the state was founded in Netanyahu's brother, Yonatan, was killed in action in while leading a mission to rescue Israeli passengers on a hijacked Air France plane.
Netanyahu organized two international conferences on ways to combat terrorism, one in and another in The second national election, held September 17, produced 33 seats for the Blue and White party and 32 for Likud. President Reuven Rivlin gave Netanyahu the first opportunity to form a government, later passing the task on to Gantz, but the inability of both men to gather the necessary support set the stage for a third election.
After easily surviving a primary challenge from Gideon Saar to retain control of his party in late , Netanyahu endured another nail-biter of a national election in March that left Likud just short of a majority coalition. Israeli lawmakers subsequently backed Gantz to form a government, though negotiations between Blue and White and Likud were complicated by the coronavirus outbreak.
On November 21, , Israel's attorney general announced charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust against Netanyahu, who slammed the process as a "witch hunt. Netanyahu has a wife, Sara, a child psychologist. They have two children together: Yair and Avner. Netanyahu also has a daughter, Noa, from a previous marriage that ended in We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.
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