Benjamin Netanyahu: A Profile of the Israeli PM

Explore the life and legacy of Benjamin Netanyahu, from his military service and academic achievements to the lasting impact of his brother Yonatan’s tragic death during Operation Entebbe.

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[elil]

Sharon didn't resign from being PM, he had a stroke on the 4th of January 2006 and went into a coma from which he never awoke, until his death on the 11th of January 2014

[artp]

Ariel Sharon had a stroke. he didn't resigned.

[BryanDraffen]

You say Intifada, I say Infitada. You say dyslexic, I say lysdexic.

[jakefeingold]

Slight correction: cornell university is not in philadelphia. His father did teach at cornell at one point, but the reason the family was in the Philly area is that his father was teaching at Dropsie college at the time

[alexisdm]

BIG DIFFERENCE: The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is Lebanon's Army. The Lebanese Forces (LF) were a Christian milita during the civil war. Now they're a political party

[lancelogedde]

Honestly I really like when he only focus on ONE topic and really goes in depth on it !!

[JustanotherMerikan]

Mispronunciation of Intifada is hilarious😂🖤

[sheldoniusRex]

1. In-tah-fah-da
2. Pro Israeli and pro Arab commentors both seem to be pissed at Simon for leaving stuff out. This indicates that the producers at least tried to be even-handed.

[AGnricHuman]

It amazes me how seemingly few nations have term limits for their top office.

[johndorney]

A lot of details wrong here. Among them, Israeli Labor Party provided the PM not only in the 1980s but also in the 1990s and 2000s. Ehud Barak was the last one AFAIK. Likud is not predominantly supported by ultra-orthodox Jews, who have their own parties. Its roots are secular nationalist, but it has long also had support of Mizrahi and 'national-religious' groups. It is not a religious party. In any case it was Sharon and Likud who pulled out of Gaza.

[yanivcassuto]

You had a mistake when talking about Netanyahu's first defeat. He was defeated by the Labour's leader Ehud Barack, the lost the Likud leadership to Sharon.
Also, the hostage exchange of Gilad Shalit was due to mounting domestic pressure over cost of living in Israel, so he had to calm the productive more center-left public somehow, that's why he signed the deal.

[ouriel]

There is a mistake about the "iron wall" its not term as iron barrier, but idea in an essay written by Ze'ev Jabotinsky in 1923 as an idea that arabs will never accept jews, so the jews need strong defense (as military capability and power in general) that the arabs will give up and pursuit peace.

[ClassicJasmineRice]

Correction: Ehud Barak became PM after Netanyahu in 1999. You also failed to mention his indictments at the time, which is very crucial information.

[sebbvell]

Benjamin Natanyahu has been in power longer than I have been alive

[tomandgames]

God i miss the channel biographies with Simon in them

[elil]

Small correction, though the mission is sometimes colloquially known as 'Operation Entebbe', since it *was* in Entebbe Uganda, but it's official name was 'Operation Thunderbolt', though as you said it was later changed to 'Operation Yonatan'

[Nathan-ho]

YouTube has deleted 1, 000 comments 😂😂

[Jet]

What a remarkable Infitada and Middle Yeast expert😂

[BubblewrapHighway]

The Sabra and Shatila Massacre is covered in "A Waltz with Bashir", a film made by one of the IDF veterans who took part in it. Not first hand, but on the outskirts. It used to be free on YouTube.

[iddomargalit-friedman]

You completely misunderstood what "the iron wall" doctrine is

It means that peace with local arabs and nearby arab nations can only come through the establishment of an "iron wall" - military might that would make it's destruction impossible and make them lose faith.

In other words, it is a doctrine that says that the most important thing in the relationship is resilience and deterrence, and that as long as there is hope for Israel's destruction, no amount of placating or fruitful cooperation would help.

Notably, the ultimate goal is peace and cooperation.

It has nothing to do with civil relations between arabs and jews - the revisionists supported full legal equality, cultural and religious freedom, and political cooperation.