Bibliograph

Bibi, the turbulent life and times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Anshel Pfeffer

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Bibi, the turbulent life and times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Anshel Pfeffer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bibi

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1003305923

Responsibility statement

Anshel Pfeffer

Sub title

the turbulent life and times of Benjamin Netanyahu

Summary

Presents a candid account of the prime minister's rise to power, focusing on his consolidation of Zionist fringe politics to gain a long-lasting foothold in Israeli government and examining his enduring influence on the region. --, Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Netanyahu's Israel -- 1. Frustrated lovers of Zion 1879-1948. An orator of the highest grace ; Propaganda, propaganda, and propaganda ; On the sidelines of history ; The end of the great Zionist dream -- 2. Outsiders in the new State 1949-1976. Life within sharp borders ; A terrible dislocation ; American Ben, Israeli Bibi ; You have to kill Arabs ; I've reached my target ; Trying to save the state -- 3. Breaking the elite 1976-1996. Stop the world! ; Why aren't you in uniform? ; Prime minister in ten years' time ; If he had a sense of humor, he'd be a 10 ; Prime minister? of course not ; A crime unprecedented in the history of democracy ; A political failure? ; Rabin is "not a traitor" ; Good for the Jews -- 4. Israel's serial bungler 1996-2009. The bedrock of our existence ; Dragged to Wye ; They. Are. Afraid ; A concerned citizen ; My own media ; Threats are what work -- 5. Stuck on top 2009-2018. A new pragmatic Bibi? ; Your father wrote history, you are making history ; The Arab voters are moving in droves ; A bad mistake of historic proportions ; Nothing will happen, because nothing happened -- Epilogue: Netanyahu's Israel at seventy

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