Netanyahu

[net-ahn-yah-hoo]

noun

1. Benjamin, born 1949, Israeli prime minister 1996–99 and 2009–21.

Netanyahu

/ nɛtənˈjɑːhuː /

noun

1. Benjamin (ˈbɪnjæˌmiːn). born 1949, Israeli politician: leader of the Likud party (1993–99 and from 2005); prime minister (1996–99 and from 2009)

Example Sentences

TEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “forceful” strikes in the Gaza Strip after Israeli allegations that Hamas violated the cease-fire.

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In March, when the going got tough in Israel’s war against Hamas, he stood in the Senate and called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign.

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Its rabbi, Rachel Timoner, has been a longtime critic of Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Some heard her voice in a landmark speech Schumer delivered in March 2024, criticizing Netanyahu as “stuck in the past.”

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Since then, arrest warrants for alleged war crimes have been issued by the International Criminal Court against Mr Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the military commander of Hamas, Mohammed Deif, although Hamas later confirmed he had been killed in an air strike.

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