Bibi: My Story

Bibi: My Story

by Benjamin Netanyahu
Bibi: My Story

Bibi: My Story

by Benjamin Netanyahu

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Overview

In Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s “compelling” (The Economist) and “fascinating” (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling autobiography, the prime minister of Israel tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment to defending his country and securing its future.

From their earliest days, Bibi and his close-knit brothers, Yoni and Iddo, were instilled with purpose. Born in the wake of the Holocaust at the dawn of Israel’s independence and raised in a family with a prominent Zionist history, they understood that the Jewish state was a hard-won and still precarious gift. All three studied in American high schools—where they learned to appreciate the United States—before returning to their cherished homeland.

The brothers joined an elite special forces outfit of the Israeli Defense Forces known as “the Unit.” At twenty-two, Bibi was wounded while leading his team in the rescue of hostages from a hijacked plane. Four years later, in 1976, Yoni was killed in Entebbe, Uganda, while leading his men in one of the most daring hostage-rescue missions in modern times. Yoni became a legend; Bibi felt he would never recover from his grief. Yet, inspired by Yoni’s legacy and guided by the wisdom of his visionary historian father, Bibi thrust himself into the international struggle against terrorism, ultimately becoming the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history—an honor he further cemented by winning reelection in 2022.

In this memoir Bibi weaves together his gripping personal story with the dramatic history of Israel and the Jewish people. Through a host of vivid anecdotes, he narrates his own evolution from soldier to statesman, while providing a unique perspective on leadership, the fraught geopolitics of the Middle East, and his successful efforts to liberate Israel’s economy, which helped turn it into a global powerhouse of technological innovation.

Netanyahu gives colorful, detailed, and revealing accounts of his often turbulent relationships and negotiations with Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Trump. With eye-opening candor, he delves into the back channels of high diplomacy—including his struggle against the radical forces that threaten Israel and the world at large, and the decisive events that led to Israel’s groundbreaking 2020 peace agreements with four Arab states.

Offering an unflinching account of a life, a family, and a nation, Netanyahu writes from the heart and embraces controversy head-on. Steely and funny, high-tempo and full of verve, this autobiography will stand as a defining testament to the value of political conviction and personal courage.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781668008461
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Publication date: 10/18/2022
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 736
Sales rank: 100,716
File size: 34 MB
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About the Author

Benjamin Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of Israel, having been reelected in 2022 after previously serving from 1996–1999 and 2009–2021. From 1967–1972 he served as a soldier and commander in Sayeret Matkal, an elite special forces unit of the Israeli Defense Forces. A graduate of MIT, he served as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations from 1984–1988, before being elected to the Israeli parliament as a member of the Likud party in 1988. He has published five previous books on terrorism and Israel’s quest for peace and security. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Sara.

Table of Contents

Author's Note ix

Part I Foothills

1 Brothers 1972 3

2 Roots 1949-1957 9

3 America 1957-1959 20

4 Back in Israel: Blissful Years 1959-1963 28

5 America Again: Nerds and Jocks 1963-1967 33

6 The Six-Day War 1967 40

7 The Unit 1967-1968 50

8 Combat 1968-1969 58

9 Commander 1969-1972 67

10 Farewell, Lebanon 1972 84

11 MIT 1972-1976 88

12 The Yom Kippur War 1973 91

13 Hasbara 1973-1976 99

14 Father 107

15 "One Day It Will Help Your Country" 1976-1978 123

16 Agony 1976 127

17 Entebbe July 4, 1976 133

18 Terrorism 1976-1980 146

19 Business 1980-1982 158

20 Diplomat 1982-1984 162

21 Ambassador 1984-1988 177

22 Politics 1988-1993 196

23 Nathan 217

24 Leader of the Opposition 1993-1996 227

Part II Highlands

25 Prime Minister 1996-1999 253

26 First Reforms 1996-1999 264

27 Sara 275

28 King Hussein 281

29 First Skirmish 1996 288

30 Wye River 1998 299

31 Wilderness 1999-2002 313

32 Citizen Against Terror 2001-2002 329

33 The Vision 2002 338

34 Crisis 2003 343

35 Fat Man, Thin Man 2003-2005 347

36 "Don't Read the Press" 2003-2005 363

3 "This Is Social Justice!" 2003-2005 374

38 A Clash of Head and Heart 2005 386

39 "This Is Your Life!" 2005-2009 399

Part III Summit

40 "Not One Brick!" 2009-2010 409

41 "Lots of Daylight" 2009 425

42 The Battle for Jerusalem 2010 438

43 Firefighters 2010 443

44 Marmara 2010 450

45 The Lecture 2011 456

46 "We'll Get You Out of There, Yoni" 2011 466

47 Passing the Torch 2012 471

48 The Red Line 2012 477

49 "You're Next" 2012-2013 489

50 "Nobody Likes Goliath" 2013 495

51 "Come on a Clandestine Visit to Afghanistan" 2013 503

52 "Bibi, Please Help Us" 2013 509

53 Tunnel War 2014 513

54 "Never Again" 2015 523

55 Last-Minute Victory 2015 540

56 Rising Power 2015-2020 550

57 Walking Among the Giants 2016-2018 566

58 Parting Shot 2016 573

59 New Deal 2017 583

60 Missions Accomplished 2017-2019 595

61 "Bring Us Bibi's Head" 2009-2022 606

62 New Path to Peace 2020 617

63 Covid 2019-2021 636

64 Roller Coaster 2019-2022 644

65 My Story, Our Story 652

Acknowledgments 655

Endnotes 659

Index 683

Photograph Credits 725

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