...conservatism It is fascinating to follow the metamorphosis (rhetoric one at least) undergone by Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu since he first competed for the premiership in 1996. Meanwhile, Labor Chairman Ehud Barak is also part of this...
...chairman MK Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel now needs stronger public broadcasting more than ever. He made the comment at yesterday's journalism conference in Eilat. Netanyahu said, "Every country needs public broadcasting, but we need it more than...
...why they remain politically impotent. I hear constant whining and moaning about Likud's turn to the Left: Why is Benjamin Netanyahu bringing leftists like Uzi Dayan and Assaf Hefetz into the party? Why is he talking about forming a government after the...
...expansion of Israel's highway and railway infrastructure - these are the key measures in the economic plan of Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, which he intends to put into effect, should he become prime minister following the upcoming elections on...
Background
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (help·info) (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "ביבי" נְתַנְיָהוּ, Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel and is Chairman of the Likud Party. As leader of the conservative Likud party, he was Prime Minister from June 1996 to July 1999. He is the first (and to date only) Prime Minister of Israel to be born after the State of Israel's foundation. He was Finance Minister of Israel until August 9, 2005, having resigned in protest at the Gaza Disengagement Plan advocated by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Netanyahu retook the Likud leadership on December 20, 2005. As of December 2006, he is the official leader of the Opposition in the Knesset and Chairman of the Likud Party. In August 2007 he retained the Likud leadership by beating Moshe Feiglin in party elections.
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