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Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu , 1949-, Israeli diplomat and politician, prime minister of Israel (1996-99), b. Tel Aviv. A member of the conservative Likud party, the self-assured Netanyahu, known universally in Israel as "BiBi," attended high school in the United States, where his father was a history pro... Read more
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon , 1928-, Israeli general and politician, b. Kfar Malal. He gained attention for his superb military leadership in the 1948 and 1956 Arab-Israeli Wars and was made a major general months before the 1967 war. In the 1973 conflict Israeli forces under his command captured Egypt's 3d Army... Read more
Isaac Abravanel
Isaac Abravanel , 1437-1508, Jewish theologian, biblical commentator, and financier, b. Lisbon. He served as treasurer to Alfonso V of Portugal but fled that country when he was implicated (1483) in a plot. He was then employed by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, until they expelled the Jews from th... Read more
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak , 1942-, Israeli military and political leader, prime minister of Israel (1999-). The son of East European immigrants in Palestine, he was born Ehud Brog, later adopting the Hebrew name Barak [lightning]. Barak began his military service in 1959, became a major general in 1982, and by 199... Read more
Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres , 1923-, Israeli politician, b. Vishniva, Poland (now in Belarus) as Shimon Perski. He and his parents emigrated to Palestine in 1934; his grandparents were killed in the Holocaust . Before the birth of the Israeli nation (1949) he served as manpower chief of the Haganah, the fledgling... Read more

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Binyamin Netanyahu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Binyamin Netanyahu Former Israel ambassador to the United Nations, Binyamin Netanyahu (born 1949) became party head of the Likud...Minister in 1996. On March 24, 1993, Binyamin Netanyahu — better known to the Israeli public...
Netanyahu, Binyamin
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Netanyahu, Binyamin (1949– ...the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin . Netanyahu's uncompromising stance over Israeli...the peace process in the Middle East. Netanyahu and Yasir Arafat signed the Wye Accord...
Benjamin Netanyahu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Benjamin Netanyahu , 1949-, Israeli diplomat and politician...conservative Likud party, the self-assured Netanyahu, known universally in Israel as "BiBi...leader (1993-99) of the Likud party, Netanyahu was largely responsible for engineering...
Ariel Sharon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...national infrastructure in Benjamin Netanyahu 's cabinet, and in 1998 he was also appointed foreign minister. After Netanyahu lost the prime ministership to One...Barak in 1999, Sharon succeeded Netanyahu as leader of the Likud bloc. In...
Sharon, Ariel
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...He served as minister of foreign affairs (1999) under Binyamin Netanyahu , supporting further Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories. In 2000, Sharon succeeded Netanyahu as leader of Likud and led the party to a landslide victory over...
Israel
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Shimon Peres , Rabin's successor, continued the peace process. Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu narrowly defeated Peres in 1996 elections. Netanyahu, while vowing to maintain the peace process, favoured a more hardline policy and Jewish...
Peres, Shimon
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...returned as prime minister after Rabin's assassination (1995), but was narrowly defeated in 1996 elections by Binyamin Netanyahu and stood down as Labour leader in favour of Ehud Barak . Peres served as minister of regional cooperation (1999–...
Shamir, Yitzhak
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Shamir oversaw the Jewish settlement of the West Bank and Gaza Strip . Defeated by Yitzhak Rabin in 1992 elections, Binyamin Netanyahu replaced Shamir as leader of Likud. http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00gb0
West Bank
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...the growth of Israeli settlements, security disputes, and less conciliatory governments in Israel halted progress towards total Israeli withdrawal. See also Barak, Ehud ; Netanyahu, Binyamin ; Peres ; Rabin, Yitzhak ; Sharon, Ariel
Isaac ben Judah Abravanel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...works contributed to the subsequent rise of false messiahs. Further Reading The major scholarly work on Abravanel is B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel: Statesman and Philosopher (1953), which contains an extensive bibliography. Specialized studies...

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Netanyahu, Benjamin
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Netanyahu, Benjamin (b. 21 Oct. 1949). Prime...predecessors open to serious doubts. Netanyahu refused to implement the final stages...withdrawal yet more unlikely and difficult. Netanyahu's policies led to growing unrest in...
Netanyahu, Binyamin
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Netanyahu, Binyamin (1949– ) Israeli Likud statesman, Prime Minister (1996–99). Leader of the right...
Likud (‘Union’), Israel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...bomb attacks allowed its new leader, Netanyahu , to present it as the party of security...undermined by the even more right-wing Netanyahu, who continued to exert considerable...party congress, a motion supported by Netanyahu and opposed by Sharon was accepted which...
Labour Party, Israel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Hezbollah triggered calls for a tougher line against the Palestinians, and an election victory for Likud under Netanyahu . Netanyahu became very unpopular during his term in office. In response, the Labour Party barred the veteran Peres from...
Barak, Ehud
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...succeeded Peres as Foreign Minister . One year later, following Netanyahu's election victory which was seen as a defeat of the old...safeguarding the country's security. On this ticket, he defeated Netanyahu decisively in 1999. His government, however, enjoyed only...
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Accord
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the violent backlash against the peace accords, Peres was defeated by Benjamin Netanyahu, a hard-line right-winger. In his bid to be prime minister, Netanyahu put up many obstacles to the peace process, including lifting a four-year ban...
Wye Accord
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Wye Accord an agreement signed at Maryland's Wye Plantation on October 23, 1998 by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasir Arafat. Mediated by U.S. President Bill Clinton , it was an attempt to establish...
Peres, Shimon
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...again. Despite initial support for his peace initiatives in the wake of Rabin's murder, he lost the 1996 elections to Netanyahu after a series of devastating suicide bombs by Hamas . In the 1999 prime ministerial elections, Peres had to withdraw from...
Hamas
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...suicide bombings in Israel in 1996, as a result of which many Israelis were killed and hawkish elements in Israeli politics were encouraged to vote out the peace-seeking Shimon Peres in favour of the right-wing Binyamin Netanyahu.
Gaza–Jericho Agreement
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...East Jerusalem . The implementation of the Agreement was prevented by the assassination of Rabin and election of Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister, who upon taking office refused to withdraw troops from any areas that were still under Israeli occupation...

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Netanyahu sets conditions for joining cabinet
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/3/2002; ; 700+ words ; 00-00-0000 Headline: Netanyahu sets conditions for joining cabinet...Former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Prime Minister Ariel Sharon...government if Sharon would agree to adopt Netanyahu's economic program and build a...
NETANYAHU SURVIVES A BUDGET VOTE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/6/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lived to fight another day. He was still...Levy's resignation Sunday, which left Netanyahu's fragile coalition government hanging...approval yesterday of the national budget. Netanyahu seems to have extricated himself, at...
Netanyahu in a bind over Clinton's visit
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/11/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...visit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is running short of options. If he sticks...during his high-profile visit. If Netanyahu softens his position to appease the Americans...would seem there is no way out. But Netanyahu has proven himself to be the Houdini...
Netanyahu will not face charges, clearing way for comeback.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 9/27/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...he will not charge former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, clearing the way for Netanyahu to mount a much-anticipated political comeback. "Netanyahu's status changed tonight _ from worried citizen...
NETANYAHU COULD FACE INFLUENCE-PEDDLING CHARGE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 4/17/1997; 700+ words ; ...charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, officials said yesterday, thrusting...findings warrant indictments against Netanyahu or the three other senior politicians...The basic allegation was evidently that Netanyahu appointed an attorney general in January...
Netanyahu: Clinton an exceptional friend of Israel
Newspaper article from: The Arab American News; 2/21/1997; 700+ words ; Netanyahu: Clinton an exceptional friend of Israel...with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Clinton said he was encouraged "that...deferential under these circumstances." Netanyahu, appearing with Clinton at a wrap...
Netanyahu has political bets covered.(News Analysis)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/25/1998; ; 700+ words ; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads back home with the Wye memorandum...enough centrists to survive. "Bibi [Netanyahu] has his strategy for winning the next...and International Politics said Mr. Netanyahu "is here to stay, much as many American...
Will Netanyahu arrive as a pragmatist or hard-liner?(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/6/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...world will find out which version of Benjamin Netanyahu is leading Israel. The version of Netanyahu most often presented by U.S. analysts...flexibility or sensitivity to Palestinian goals. Netanyahu "may not have the guts to make peace...
NETANYAHU SETS OUT TO WIN OVER CLINTON.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 7/8/1996; 700+ words ; ...Schmemann The New York Times Benjamin Netanyahu today will leave his government in disarray...educated and is determined to win friends. Netanyahu has made no secret of the importance...elected prime minister in Israeli history, Netanyahu also has tried to give his office a more...
Netanyahu Mastered Media for Control of Likud, Isreal
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/31/1996; ; 700+ words ; JERUSALEM Benjamin Netanyahu stood beside his older, more experienced...his competitors. It also secured Netanyahu's election as party chief and propelled...Wednesday for a national leader. "Bibi" Netanyahu is nothing if not supremely confident...