Washington Examiner / Magazine
December 20, 2022 Issue
December 20, 2022 Print Edition
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The survivor: Benjamin Netanyahu on securing the future of Israel and the Western alliance
On Nov. 1, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party won Israel's general elections, likely returning Netanyahu to the post of prime minister for the third nonconsecutive time. He is already Israel's longest-serving premier, having spent over a decade in office before his ouster in 2021. He spent his year in the opposition, in part, writing his autobiography, Bibi: My Story. In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, Netanyahu talked about his life and career and what comes next for Israel and the wider world. The following has been condensed for clarity. WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE: Prime minister, a big part of what I learned from your autobiography is the background to how you formed your worldview, how you see the world ideologically, philosophically. And the chapters that really bring that to life are the chapters where you talk about your father, Benzion Netanyahu. Most people know him as a celebrated historian, but he was also an important Zionist activist, and he worked with Vladimir Jabotinsky, the great Zionist leader. And the crux of that seems to be your approach toward convincing the public of the justice of Israel's cause and rallying support for Israel and the Jewish people and the strategy to do that. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Well, you're right that my father was a disciple of Jabotinsky from an early age. In 1939, he goes to London, and he says to Jabotinsky, "You have the right idea...

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