Bibi, My Story

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For those interested in Israeli history over the last few decades there is likely no greater source then the irreverent leader of Likud Benjamin Netanyahu. By far the most interesting parts of the book is the diplomacy that took place with other important leaders. Bibi is as polished, argumentative and fascinating as its author, a restless work in progress whose story is that of modern Israel." Netanyahu notes that he regularly studied the weekly Torah portion with his son. Yet in political life, he has ignored the universalism within Judaism and its concern for global justice.

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Bibi Netanyahu: It has. People said, "Yeah okay, but the rich get richer and the poor get poorer." No they didn't, because the poor got actually, they actually, their income increased faster. Peter Robinson: Christians, a special case. Small number, but down in Jerusalem, there is a historic presence. They've been a Christian community for 2000 years, formal Orthodox and Catholic presence for over 1000 years, where do they fit?Now we are all dressed in green, rifles draped over shoulders, prepared to fight - and even to sacrifice - for our country. Last, the history of Israel is extremely fascinating to me. As a Christian, I feel deeply connected to the Jewish people and Israel. This book provided a detailed, moving, firsthand account of the last 40 years of Israel’s history. I would love to visit the beautiful country again soon.

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I took the measure of the man,” he claims. Once upon a time, George W Bush claimed to have looked into Putin’s soul. We know how that ended. In contrast, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney and Joe Biden got the Russian leader right from the off. Investigations into his conduct in public office are dismissed with alacrity. The CIA Affair (1996); the Gifts Affair (1999); the Bibi Tours Affair (2011); the Pistachio Affair (2013); the Laundry Affair (2013); the Submarine Affair (2016); Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000 (2019) are insidious allegations. Netanyahu warns that he strongly opposes ‘legal interference in Israeli politics’ — perhaps a portent of the shape of things to come in a government which includes Ben-Gvir and Smotrich.

I thought about my wife and the kids, how under normal circumstances I’d be at home, making kiddush dressed in Shabbat finest, the table perfectly laden with Challot and dips, my 5 year old son singing the prayer with me. Peter Robinson: Could I ask you to give me a brief tutorial? I've got a couple questions, and the tutorial runs in the following nature. You're talking to an American and a gentile. And when I look at this country, this little country, a third of this country is desert, and it's in danger every day. The last time I was here, dinner in Jerusalem, a rooftop restaurant, air raid siren. People stand up, look around, sit down, continue their meal. You live a peculiar way here. And I look at a country that works in practice, but not in theory, I can't figure it out. So here's question number one, if I may. Here in Tel Aviv, I have a number of Israeli friends who tell me they're atheists. "After what happened in the Holocaust, I can't believe in God, what I believe in is Israel." I have friends in Jerusalem, and it's pretty roughly the other way around. They're very sure about God, but they have all kinds of criticisms about the state of Israel. I don't understand how you sustain a Jewish state, when your own Jewish citizens have such different conceptions of what it means to be Jewish. How do you hold this together? Israel’s politics are fractious and tribal. The far right grows as the left is decimated by the failed dream of the Oslo peace accords. Yet outside politics, things there are less fevered and acrid. Start-Up Nation has supplanted the kibbutz. Technology makes the desert bloom.

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He is a man who can network with others and bring to his team remarkable talents, forming valuable relationships of respect with people from "both sides of the aisle" working effectively with both Trump and Biden. If that's not a challenge, I don't know what is. :) He seems to have perfected the "art of the deal" even more than Trump.We are tech professionals, business leaders, marketers, students, chefs, cinematographers, doctors, lawyers, accountants and educators. But this is an autobiography. I think that most of us, when describing our lives, prefer to omit our biggest failures. Some of his failures are described in a few lines with few details while his accomplishments are described more thoroughly. That's human and to be expected in an autobiography. But it means that we need more sources to get a complete idea of Netanyahu. I don't like a one-sided presentation. I think the choice of Iraq is a good choice, it’s the right choice,” he said, adding: “It’s not a question of whether Iraq’s regime should be taken out but when should it be taken out. It’s not a question of whether you’d like to see a regime change in Iran but how to achieve it.”

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But Netanyahu also repeatedly describes his frustration as Trump continued with a “fixation with the Palestinians” rather than “a great political deal of peace with Arab states that I believed was around the corner”. Beautiful thing with this book is the tone of Bibi in orating his story. He articulate so much insightful and serious subjects; diplomacy, international politics, economy, history but in a very fascinating and subtly humourous way. Well, he a hell of a story teller! Bibi Netanyahu: Yes, exactly, exactly, he was writing. So you would agree that for a political figure, where words are your fundamental medium for persuading your public, for persuading your citizens, you think things through in writing? Peter Robinson: That looks good, you're talking to Saudi Arabia or, what am I allowed to ask and what are you allowed to say?But the most interesting part of the book are his discussions about policy and diplomacy - in his quest to protect the future of Israel. He provided detailed policy considerations for why, for example, he spoke to the US Congress against the JCPOA that was being negotiated by Obama with Iran. And he also provided lots of details about his negotiations with Obama with regard to the Palestinian conflict. As always the consummate diplomat, he was very respectful of the differences he shared with Obama on policy. In the latest election, Netanyahu accomplished what few of his peers ever could: He won what passes in Israel as a resounding victory, granting him the opportunity to become prime minister for a third time. And rather than reading like a typical self-serving retrospective, a classic bid for immortality, his memoir now becomes a reintroduction to a man who has rarely been out of the public eye for a quarter-century . . . [and] serves as an essential window into his character."