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Article: Smooth talker on the right. (Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of right-wing Likud, gains attention)(includes related article)
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- The Middle East
- Article date:
- September 1, 1993
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In 1976, the name Netanyahu was on the lips of every Israeli citizen and indelibly etched in the minds of millions around the world. Israel had defied Idi Amin and launched a daring rescue operation at Entebbe Airport. The operation was led by army commander, Yonni Netanyahu, who was killed in the operation.
Seventeen years on, the name Netanyahu is once again in the public eye. In March this year, Yonni's younger brother Benjamin (known to all as "Bibi"), succeeded the former ousted prime minister Yitzhak Shamir as leader of the Likud party. In a campaign that took the country by storm, Bibi secured a huge 52% of the vote in the party's elections for the ...