Who is Benjamin Netanyahu?
Published date: 9 September 2024 19:21 BST
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Israel's longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been in power for roughly 17 years.
He began his career being a staunch critic of the Oslo peace process and attended far-right rallies where crowds chanted “death to Arabs”.
Over the years of his premiership, Israeli government and society increasingly leaned towards the far-right and undermined Palestinian right to self determination.
He began his career being a staunch critic of the Oslo peace process and attended far-right rallies where crowds chanted “death to Arabs”.
Over the years of his premiership, Israeli government and society increasingly leaned towards the far-right and undermined Palestinian right to self determination.
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