Prime Minister of Israel
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The prime minister of Israel is the head of government and chief executive of the State of Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu, February 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu
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Benjamin Netanyahu, nicknamed "Bibi", is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021
Prime Minister of Israel
…the prime minister holds the executive power. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Aghion, is in Jerusalem. The current prime minister is Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud, the ninth person to hold the position (excluding caretakers). Following an election, the president nominates a member of the Knesset to become…
1967 photograph of Netanyahu by the Israel Defense Forces
Benjamin Netanyahu at the grave of his brother Yoni Netanyahu, who was killed leading the Entebbe raid in 1976
Netanyahu (right) with Sorin Hershko, a soldier wounded and permanently paralyzed in Operation Entebbe, 2 July 1986