Benjamin Netanyahu

5 days ago - At MIT, Netanyahu studied a double-load while taking courses at Harvard University, completing his bachelor's degree in architecture in two and a half years, despite taking a break to fight in the Yom Kippur War. Professor Leon B. Groisser at MIT recalled: "He did superbly. He was very bright. Organized. Strong. Powerful. He knew what he wanted to do and how to get it done." At that time he changed his name to Benjamin "Ben" Nitai (Nitai, a reference to both Mount Nitai and to the eponymous Jewish sage Nittai of Arbela, was a pen name often used by his father for articles).

October 15, 2023 - The Middle East, albeit a political and social construct by name, is the birthplace of the world’s three largest Abrahamic religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Netanyahu’s stern proclamation makes me examine my own internal battles with forgiveness.

October 30, 2024 - I believe he is secular, but has aligned himself with anti-LGBT forces, especially now since at least before October 7th nobody really wanted to work with him anymore, except for the far right and Haredi parties, so that's who he worked with to build the 37th government. I think Benjamin Netanyahu's ideology is to do whatever's best for Benjamin Netanyahu.

Answer (1 of 9): Mr Netanyahu, aka Bibi, is a Jew. He is Ashkenazi. His brother, Yannni led the raid on Entebbe, Uganda, which freed the skyjacked passengers from Idi Amin who colluded with the kidnappers of these innocents.

July 20, 1998 - Ex-aide says Netanyahu tasked him with making a plan to evade responsibility for Oct. 7 attack • Dec. 23, 2025, 11:18 AM ET (AP) Thousands gather at Bondi Beach to mourn victims of antisemitic attack • Dec. 21, 2025, 6:00 AM ET (AP) Australia's leaders promise to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach massacre on Hanukkah • Dec. 15, 2025, 9:49 PM ET (AP) Show less · Benjamin Netanyahu (born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv [now Tel Aviv–Yafo], Israel) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who served as his country’s prime minister three times (1996–99, 2009–21, and 2022– ) and is the longest-serving prime minister since Israel’s independence.

Answer (1 of 15): In June, 2025, his behavior has not been the behavior of an atheist. * He prayed at the Western Wall just before the June attacks on Iran. * At a parliament session, he recited the full text of the blessing thanking God for the keeping us alive, functioning and surviving at t...

Some critics say Netanyahu's religiousness is tactical. However, if Netanyahu wanted to use faith for political gain, he has had many opportunities to do so, but he never did.

Pope Francis visited sacred sites recognized by Muslims, Christians, and Jews, including the Western Wall. He met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and a range of other religious leaders, made unexpected stops at a terror memorial and at ...

Asli Nur Duzgun, who studies US evangelicals at Istanbul Medeniyet University, took a close look at Netanyahu's speeches, and Netanyahu’s reference to an ancient tribe, saying: "The Book of Isaiah is the first book in the Tanak (Hebrew Bible) that talks about prophets.

January 27, 2024 - Netanyahu was born into a secular Jewish family that did not practice Judaism as a religion and he himself is thoroughly secular.

March 17, 2025 - This paper examines civilizational populism in Israel and focuses on the largest and most powerful party in Israel since the 1980s, National Liberal Movement (Likud), and its most significant leader of the past twenty years, the populist politician Benjamin Netanyahu.

November 4, 2025 - It was a common practice for Zionist immigrants at the time to adopt a Hebrew surname. Nathan Mileikowsky had also used the pen name "Nitay". Benzion Netanyahu studied at the teachers' seminary and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Although his father was a rabbi, Benzion was secular.

December 28, 2022 - Asked by Peterson to speak about Theodor Herzl, the founder the modern Zionist movement at the end of the nineteenth century, Netanyahu told us that he calls Herzl “the modern Moses”, and then used that as a slightly slippery segue straight into the original Moses of the Bible.

Answer (1 of 9): Not at all, from what I know. He doesn’t keep the Sabbath, he doesn’t observe Jewish dietary laws, and he violates all this on public and even on TV (violation in public is doubly problematic because you are leading other people to violate it as well).

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October 13, 2025 - Benjamin Netanyahu, known as Bibi, is not Christian; he is a secular Jew whose religion forms a complex identity, incorporating outreach to Christianity.

But B. Netanyahu, in his seminal work, “The Origins of the Spanish Inquisition in fifteenth century Spain”, debunked this theory. (1995 Random House) He argued that most of the Jews who converted and assimilated did so willingly. They “wished to merge with the Christian society, educate their children as fully fledged Christians, and remove themselves from anything regarded as Jewish, especially in the field of religion” he wrote.

July 18, 2017 - WASHINGTON – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Christian evangelical audience in Washington on Monday that they were Israel’s best friends in the world, in an address notable for the pointed absence of any reference to US President ...

And that, obviously you have flare-ups here and there, but it's that policy that I will continue of ensuring a status quo which allows the freedom of religion, freedom of worship for all three religions, that it can be secured. And most people, when they eye it, objectively understand that. Peter Robinson: Last question about how Israel works. Here's the, this is- Bibi Netanyahu: How Israel works.