by Smith Callen
As compiled by IJReview,
here are 5
things you
probably
didn’t know
about Bibi:
1. War hero
The
Israeli leader
enlisted in
the IDF at the
young ate of
18, serving in
an elite
commando unit.
He went on to
fight in three
different wars
for his
country.
Below:
Bibi during a
special forces
assault of a
terror
compound
2.
Has taken
bullets for his
country
Deployed
on many
dangerous
special forces
missions
throughout his
military
career, Bibi
took a bullet
in the
shoulder while
attempting to
rescue the
passengers of
a plane
hijacked by
terrorists in
1972. He
served on the
front lines in
the Yom Kippur
War, where he
was almost
killed in the
Suez Canal.
Above:
Lieutenant
Benjamin
Netanyahu
during a
ceremony to
honor the
Soldiers from
his Sayeret
Matkal
commando unit.
Here he is
greeted by
then Israeli
President
Zalman Shazar.
3.
His family
paid the
ultimate
sacrifice for
Israel
During
the famous
“Raid on
Entebbe” in
Uganda, Lt.
Colonel
Jonathan
Netanyahu,
Bibi’s
brother, paid
the ultimate
sacrifice for
his country,
as he was
killed in
action while
leading his
special forces
troops
attempting to
rescue 100 of
his countrymen
who had been
held hostage on
a hijacked
flight by
Palestinian and
East German
terrorists.
Not
a single
hostage was
killed, and
Netanyahu —
the siege’s
commander —
was the sole
Israeli casualty in an
operation that
is still
taught in
military
schools to
this day. (Hollywood even made a
4. Super Smart
Not
only a tough
as nails
soldier, Bibi
is also as
smart as a
whip.
He
earned degrees
in Management
and
Architecture,
from two of
the most
prestigious
schools in the
country —
Harvard and
MIT. He would
go on to be
recruited to
work for
Boston
Consulting in
1976, as a
coworker of
Mitt Romney and
eventually
becoming a
personal
friend.
5.
One of the
most successful
politicians in
history
He has held these positions
since entering
Israeli
politics:
· Deputy
Chief of
Mission,
Israeli
Embassy in
Washington, DC
(’82-’84)
· Ambassador
of Israel to
the United
Nations
(’84-’88)
· Deputy
Minister of
Foreign
Affairs
(’88-’91)
· Deputy
Minister in
the Prime
Minister’s
Office
(’91-’92)
· Chairman
of Likud,
Leader of the
Opposition
(’93-’96)
· Prime
Minister
(’96-’99 &
’09-present)
· Israeli
Foreign
Affairs
Minister
(’02-’03)
· Israeli
Finance
Minister
(’03-’05)
And Netanyahu has now addressed Congress as many times as Winston Churchill.
So before
Barack
Obama (seen
below during
his
drug-addled
“Choom Gang”
phase, at the
same exact age
as the Bibi
that
accompanies
him) tries to
further mess
with Netanyahu,
he might wish
to review the
list above.
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