Washington, DC., USA, 09 juillet 1996 Le Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu dans l'East Room de la Maison blanche au cours de conférence de presse avec le Président William Clinton. Benjamin Netanyahou "Bibi" ( né le 21 octobre 1949) est un homme politique israélien et l'actuel Premier Ministre d'Israël. Il est également membre de la Knesset, le président du Likoud et ministre de la diplomatie publique et des affaires de la Diaspora. Né à Tel-Aviv pour parents juifs laïques, Netanyahu est le premier premier ministre israélien né en Israël après la création de l'Etat Crédit : Mark Reinstein
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Date de la prise de vue:
9 juillet 1996
Lieu:
East Room, White House, Washington, DC., USA,
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Washington, DC. 7-9-1996 Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Prime Minister in the East Room of the White House during news conference with President William Clinton. Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu ( born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and the current Prime Minister of Israel. He also currently serves as a member of the Knesset, the Chairman of the Likud party and Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs. Born in Tel Aviv to secular Jewish parents, Netanyahu is the first Israeli prime minister born in Israel after the establishment of the state. Netanyahu joined the Israel Defense Forces during the Six-Day War in 1967, and became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit. He took part in many missions, including Operation Inferno (1968), Operation Gift (1968) and Operation Isotope (1972), during which he was shot in the shoulder. He fought on the front lines in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, taking part in special forces raids along the Suez Canal, and then leading a commando assault deep into Syrian territory. He achieved the rank of captain before being discharged. Netanyahu served as the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988, member of the Likud party, and was Prime Minister from June 1996 to July 1999. He moved from the political arena to the private sector after being defeated in the 1999 election for Prime Minister by Ehud Barak. Netanyahu returned to politics in 2002 as Foreign Affairs Minister (2002Ð2003) and Finance Minister (2003Ð2005) in Ariel Sharon's governments, but he departed the government over disagreements regarding the Gaza disengagement plan. He retook the Likud leadership in December 2005, after Sharon left to form a new party. In the 2006 election, Likud did poorly, winning 12 seats In December 2006, Netanyahu became the official Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset and Chairman of Likud. In 2007, he retained the Likud leadership by beating Moshe Feiglin in party elections. Fol
