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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.

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Table of contents
Cover
Title Page
Maps
Author's Note

Part I: Foothills
Chapter 1: Brothers 1972
Chapter 2: Roots 1949-1957
Chapter 3: America 1957-1959
Chapter 4: Back in Israel: Blissful Years 1959-1
Chapter 5: America Again: Nerds and Jocks 196
Chapter 6: The Six-Day War 1967
Chapter 7: The Unit 1967-1968
Chapter 8: Combat 1968-1969
Chapter 9: Commander 1969-1972
Chapter 10: Farewell, Lebanon 1972
Chapter 11: MIT 1972-1976
Chapter 12: The Yom Kippur War 1973
Chapter 13: Hasbara 1973-1976
Chapter 14: Father
Chapter 15: "One Day It Will Help Your Country
Chapter 16: Agony 1976
Chapter 17: Entebbe July 4, 1976
Chapter 18: Terrorism 1976-1980
Chapter 19: Business 1980-1982
Chapter 20: Diplomat 1982-1984
Chapter 21: Ambassador 1984-1988
Chapter 22: Politics 1988-1993
Chapter 23: Nathan
Chapter 24: Leader of the Opposition 1993-19

Part II: Highlands
Chapter 25: Prime Minister 1996-1999
Chapter 26: First Reforms 1996-1999
Chapter 27: Sara
Chapter 28: King Hussein
Chapter 29: First Skirmish 1996
Chapter 30: Wye River 1998
Chapter 31: Wilderness 1999-2002
Chapter 32: Citizen Against Terror 2001-2002
Chapter 33: The Vision 2002
Chapter 34: Crisis 2003
Chapter 35: Fat Man, Thin Man 2003-2005
Chapter 36: "Don't Read the Press" 2003-2005
Chapter 37: " 'This' Is Social Justice!" 2003-200
Chapter 38: A Clash of Head and Heart 2005
Chapter 39: "This 'ls' Your Life!" 2005-2009

Part III: Summit
Chapter 40: "Not One Brick!" 2009-2010
Chapter 41: "Lots of Daylight" 2009
Chapter 42: The Battle for Jerusalem 2010
Chapter 43: Firefighters 2010
Chapter 44: 'Marmara' 2010
Chapter 45: The Lecture 2011
Chapter 46: "We'll Get You Out of There, Yoni"
Chapter 47: Passing the Torch 2012
Chapter 48: The Red Line 2012
Chapter 49: "You're Next" 2012-2013
Chapter 50: "Nobody Likes Goliath" 2013
Chapter 51: "Come on a Clandestine Visit to Af
Chapter 52: "Bibi, Please Help Us" 2013
Chapter 53: Tunnel War 2014
Chapter 54: "Never Again" 2015
Chapter 55: Last-Minute Victory 2015
Chapter 56: Rising Power 2015-2020
Chapter 57: Walking Among the Giants 2016-2
Chapter 58: Parting Shot 2016
Chapter 59: New Deal 2017
Chapter 60: Missions Accomplished 2017-2019
Chapter 61: "Bring Us Bibi's Head" 2009-2022
Chapter 62: New Path to Peace 2020
Chapter 63: Covid 2019-2021
Chapter 64: Roller Coaster 2019-2022
Chapter 65: My Story, Our Story
Photographs
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Notes
Index
Photograph Credits
Copyright






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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.
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"For his admirers and critics alike, he has produced a compelling memoir and an intriguing study of power."
— The Economist

"Bibi is as polished, argumentative and fascinating as its author, a restless work in progress whose story is that of modern Israel."
— The Wall Street Journal

“Benjamin Netanyahu's autobiography is one of history’s great Zionist texts. Most politicians’ autobiographies are turgid affairs . . . Then there is Benjamin Netanyahu’s autobiography, which is not a politician’s autobiography at all, but an adventure story dressed up as one. It is a Tom Clancy novel written for a Tom Cruise movie adaptation, posing as a normal politician’s memoir.”
— Claremont Review of Books

"After a stunning victory, Netanyahu is returning as Israel’s next prime minister . . . Now, therefore, is the perfect moment to take a closer look at who Netanyahu really is . . . not your run-of-the-million campaign autobiography, most of which are tedious and boring and not worth the paper they are printed on . . . This is an incredibly well-written, captivating – at times, spell-binding – account of his triumphs and trials. And it is a must read for every Evangelical who loves Israel and prays for the peace of Jerusalem.”
— All Israel News

"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."
— The Washington Post

“From a purely literary point of view, this is without doubt the best autobiography written by an Israeli prime minister . . . [Netanyahu] demonstrates Churchillian abilities in the literary field."
— Literary Review

"Benjamin Netanyahu’s new book Bibi: My Story [is] worthy of being added to the shelf in a place of honor . . . the world will understand him and his country better as a result of this book."
— The Algemeiner

“Bibi: My Story is a surprisingly sentimental and ideologically thoughtful autobiography from a politician known for his cold, hard realism. Unlike other political autobiographies, which mostly serve to obscure their subjects, this one provides us with the tools to understand this signature figure in modern Jewish history . . . a far better book than we had any reason to think it would be.”
— Commentary Magazine

"Netanyahu wrote his memoir longhand. It is not the standard campaign autobiography. It has heft, and not just because it runs to 650 pages. Primed for debate, he conveys his point of view with plenty of notes. He paints in primary colors, not pastels. The canvas is filled with adulation, anger, frustration and dish. Bibi is substantive and barbed. It is interesting. Netanyahu has scores to settle and punches to land."
— The Guardian

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.

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Reviewed in Australia on 9 December 2022
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Bibi has written a compelling story of his life and one can see at once why he is the longest serving Prime Minister in the history of Israel. He has given his life to serving Israel politically, socially, and economically. He is a loving husband, a devoted father, and his account of his life is written in a spirit of humility and honesty. This is not the account of an ordinary politician motivated by a lust for power, but an extraordinary man with a seemingly divine mission to protect and cherish Israel at all cost. 

I have just returned from a long holiday in Israel and I saw for myself that there is a lot of work to be done. I saw the tension and conflict in the population without understanding what it must be like to live under constant threat, to remain positive and dedicated to an ancient promise.

 In Bibi:My Story I discovered a strength of character that enabled the Jewish people to survive the holocaust, to return to their homeland, to strive for something greater than themselves, to seek excellence in everything. I wish I had read Bibi's life story before I arrived in Israel. I wish I had read his story in my youth rather than in old age. 

This book should be in every school library and in every University. It is a parable of hope and it is very much needed in our world today.

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Bruce Lindley


5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful insight into the modern history of IsraelReviewed in Australia on 5 November 2022
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Bibi: My Story is a powerful insight into the modern Israel. 
As an Evangelical Christian I’ve Always supported Israel of the Bible. After reading Netanyahu’s autobiography, I now understand Israel’s modern history, its right to be recognised as a sovereign nation and its incredible technological and economic contribution to the world. 
Most of all I admire Benjamin Netanyahu as a man of great conviction. A true leader of Israel whose destiny was and is“for such a time as this.”

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Lauralina


5.0 out of 5 stars A must have bookReviewed in Australia on 21 January 2024
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One of the best autobiographies I've ever read. Highly recommend.



Rick Puleio


5.0 out of 5 stars PresentReviewed in Australia on 29 September 2023
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Bought this as present and they enjoyed the story
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John K


4.0 out of 5 stars I now understand why he is the best leader for IsraelReviewed in Australia on 23 December 2022
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The book has not yet been released but, despite my dislike for him brought about by years of anti-Netanyahu sentiment promulgated by the media, I decided to buy the audio book. This was driven by Bibi's recent resurrection in Israeli politics. 

Until listening to the audiobook, I had considered Netanyahu to be arrogant, a promoter of his brand and abrasive. On the plus side, I now consider him to be of brilliant intellect, financially astute and an avid historian. Although he is probably corrupt and, disgustingly, has brought in the right wing crazies just so he can cling to power, he is the best thing that has happened to Israel. It is due to his experience gained at Boston Consulting Group that he has turned Israel into the economic high tech powerhouse it is today. He deregulated the financial markets, championed privatisation, and, on his watch, GDP per capita soared and the deficit shrank. He is the father of the high tech sector and personally designed the plans to ensure Israel's universities churned out engineers and computer geeks. For these economic reasons (and the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran), Israel's new friends in the Arab world, being UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco, signed the The Abraham Accords in 2020. Saudi Arabia will likely follow soon. These accords are a "series of treaties normalizing diplomatic relations with Israel. In the span of five short months, these four Arab states joined Egypt and Jordan in making peace with Israel. The agreements were called 'The Abraham Accord' in honor of Abraham - the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam"

In addition to these accords, another example of warming of relationships between Israel and former enemies is the recent agreement between Lebanon (and Hezbollah) on the gas in Eastern Mediterranean. This will eventually involve Egypt and result in gas being exported to Europe. Trade trumps war! The Palestinians once had the highest standard of living in the Arab world but their leaders chose violence over economics.

One needs to recognise that two things have happened in recent years. As there is nobody on the Palestinian side to negotiate with as the corrupt Fatah on the West Bank is more or less at war with terrorist Hamas in Gaza, the route to peace is, as Bibi explains, not through the Palestinians but around them. Importantly, peace can only be made with the Arabs when a right wing Government is in power in Israel. The problem remains with the Palestinians. They still have not accepted the right of Israel to exist – and they still want its destruction.

I recommend the book to you. Even if you don't like the guy, his explanation of history going back to biblical times is quite absorbing. The book is very educational, reinforces history and is not self-promoting as you would expect from a Bibi autobiography as he identifies his errors as well as his achievements.

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Rosalind Baker


5.0 out of 5 stars great readReviewed in Australia on 31 January 2023
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I couldn’t put it down and was so disappointed when it ended. I even read the acknowledgements. I didn’t want to let go of the book.i


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Abusa


5.0 out of 5 stars A must readReviewed in Australia on 25 November 2022
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If you are interested in Israel and the history of the Israel/Palestinian conflict you couldn't do better than read this book.


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Marcus Philpott

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly toldReviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2024
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This was an amazing insight into the political world not just in Israel but world wide .An honest and heartfelt well written book if you have the time to stick with it. The loss of his brother no doubt had a marked influence on his life and you feel his pain. I found it fascinating and at times disturbing in equal parts. In light of the things now happening in Israel it explains to some degree why this nation still fights for its right to exist,

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Laura

5.0 out of 5 stars Great bookReviewed in France on 26 October 2024
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Truly recommended 👌

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4.0 out of 5 stars Una version diferente y muy interesanteReviewed in Spain on 17 January 2023
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Fascinante historia de un personaje politico y gyerrero, con un destino y que sabe lo que quiere. No es literatura erudita, pero si muy entretenida y sobre todo que te da una vision de una sociedad y pais que no es bien conocida y de la que en muchos sentidos tenemos mucho que aprender.

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Barbara M. Yaffe

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent recent synopsis of Israeli political eventsReviewed in Canada on 5 January 2023
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It is hard to believe he wrote it himself. I'm a former political journalist myself and I have to say he is an excellent writer as well as a brilliant political strategist and communicator. I could not put this book down. He takes you right inside meetings with Army generals and to tete a tete dinners at his home with leaders of countries around the world. Most fascinating are his encounters with Obama and Clinton who were stubbornly myopic about Israel's security needs, as well as his communications with Donald Trump who helped Bibi fulfill many of his national dreams. Sure, it's an autobiography. Of course that makes it overwhelmingly subjective and full of self praise. But no matter; definitely worth reading!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great biographyReviewed in Germany on 12 December 2024
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“Bibi: My Story” is a gripping book for those interested in history and politics that captures the complexity of a man and his time. It offers both admirers and critics of Netanyahu the opportunity to learn first-hand about the motives and decisions of one of Israel's most influential politicians.
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Review of “Bibi: My Story,” by Benjamin Netanyahu.
April 1, 2023 by J Marsolo

In “Bibi: My Story,” by Benjamin Netanyahu, Simon & Schuster, 2022, Bibi has written an extensive and informative autobiography. He served with distinction in combat in the Israeli Special Forces, along with his brother Yonatan who was killed in the rescue at Entebbe, Uganda of Israeli citizens held hostage after being hijacked by four PLO and West German Red Army terrorists.

Bibi always put the safety of Israel first, and proudly says he puts the security of Israel first. He built a wall, before the Trump unfinished wall, on the southern Israeli border to stop the illegal immigration that had caused a spike crime and terrorism in Israel.

The most important accomplishment was to focus the “peace” talks with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and other Arab countries on the true cause of the failure of the peace talks.

The focus of the peace talks had always been on dealing with the PLO as the “centrality” of the issue. This meant in practice that the PLO had to be appeased by Israel giving up land to the PLO. This implied that the cause of the terrorism war against Israel was Israel, and if only Israel gave up land and did whatever the PLO wanted then the terrorism against Israel would end.

Bibi disagreed with this analysis. He stated the reason for the terrorism against Israel is many of the Arab countries and the PLO, specifically, did not and would not accept Israel’s right to exist. They wanted to destroy Israel, as Iran continues to declare.

Bibi’s analysis is supported by the historical evidence of the 1948 attack by Egypt, Syria, and Jordan immediately upon Israel’s formal birth as a nation. Next, Israel had to preemptively attack those countries in 1967 when it discovered they planned another attack. Further, Egypt again attacked in 1973. Israel was supported and saved by President Nixon’s supply of weapons in the Yom Kippur War. Israel suffered many casualties in these wars. Thereafter, Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel during the Carter administration, but the attacks on Israel continued and shifted to an unrelenting terrorism by the PLO, Hamas, and other terrorist groups.

Clinton and Obama both attempted to solve the “peace talks” by focusing on Israel as the cause of the failure of the “peace talks” to force Israel to give up the Golan Heights, the West Bank, and Gaza. Clinton even sent his campaign hacks (Carville, Greenberg) to Israel to work against Bibi to help Ehud Barak in 1996, and again in 1999 to help Barak win. Talk about interfering with the election of another country.

Clinton got Ehud Barak to give the PLO over 90% of the land it wanted, with reserving some rights to Israel in those lands, but the PLO refused even this deal. This should have convinced Clinton and then Obama that the PLO did not want land or peace. The PLO did not accept Israel’s right to exist and wanted to destroy Israel.

Obama continued the same Clinton path to oppose Bibi and blame Israel. Obama’s representative was John Climate Boy Kerry. Enough said.

Clinton and especially Obama treated Israel as if it were an American city or state that they could order control. Obama treated Bibi in a condescending matter as if Bibi were a subordinate U.S. politician and not the Prime Minister of Israel.

Bibi also stressed the use of language, or abuse of language to frame the issues against Israel. For example, the term “Palestinians.” Palestine was a geographic term imposed by the Romans. Palestine was not a country in the modern sense. Jews and Arabs lived in the area. Jews have lived there for over 3,500 years. Palestinians are Arabs. But by using the word “Palestinian” it implies they are a separate race from Arabs and that they are the rightful owners of “Palestine.” The PLO and others make much of the Arab or Palestinian refugees from the 1948 and 1967 wars. But there were also over 800.000 Jewish refugees evicted by the Arabs who were welcomed and assimilated into Israel. The Jewish refugees were not kept in refugee camps to be used for political propaganda. Jordan and the other Arab countries refused to take in the Arab or Palestinian refugees, and Jordan expelled most of them.

This abuse of language continued with the term “occupied territories,” referring to the Golan Heights, Gaza, and the West Bank, as if these areas belonged to “Palestine,” a country that did not exist. Israel cannot give up the Golan Heights because Syria and others used those Heights to attack Israel. Moreover, these areas have been occupied by Jews for over 3,500 years.

President Trump was the first American president to work with Israel to reach peace treaties with four Arab countries in the Abraham Accords thereby bypassing the PLO, and isolating the PLO, by rejecting the Clinton-Obama focus on the “centralilty” of always dealing and appeasing the PLO as the first step towards peace. Trump also recognized Israel’s rights to the Golan Heights, and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Given Bibi’s dedication to the safety of Israel it is difficult to accept the Israeli Left’s opposition and hatred of Bibi. The Israeli Left and its lapdog Media attacked Bibi relentlessly, and Bibi had to face criminal charges over non-existent “crimes.” The USA Left, a/k/a Democrats and its lapdog media, used the same methods to impeach President Trump, and subject Trump to investigations and threats of prosecution.

Bibi’s autobiography contains many interesting stories and facts about Jewish history, the US-Israel relations, and Bibi’s views on world leaders and Israeli leaders such as Ariel Sharon, Golda Meier, Ehud Barak, Rabin, Begin, and others.

Interestingly Bibi had kind words for Biden who was more courteous and supportive than Obama, which makes political sense since Biden is the current President that Bibi has to deal with. But then Obama and Clinton set a low bar.

It is difficult to understand and accept the American Left’s hatred of President Nixon and President Trump, the two American presidents most supportive of Israel.

Why does the Left hate and seek to destroy those, like President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, who proudly stand and work for the safety of their country?

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BIBI
MY STORY
by Benjamin Netanyahu ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 18, 2022

Hardly a charm offensive, this is a straightforward account and defense of the author’s hard-line positions.


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Long-winded memoir from the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history.

Two themes run throughout the monotonous narrative: Netanyahu’s admiration for his older brother, Yoni, who was killed during the special operations raid to free hostages taken by terrorists at Entebbe Airport in 1976, and the constant necessity of Israel to defend itself against aggressors. Born in Tel Aviv in 1949 to secular Jews with deep Zionist family ties, Bibi, as he was called, lived in various places in the U.S., including a stint as a student of architecture at MIT, but the excitement over the Six-Day War in 1967 brought Bibi swiftly home to start his military training. Yoni’s untimely death inspired his work in founding The Jonathan Institute, an organization against international terrorism, through which he would first meet many of the conservative intellectuals who supported his later political campaigns.

From businessman to appointed “deputy chief of mission” in Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., Bibi made his mark as a public communicator of Israel’s point of view. “I tried to speak my mind, speak my heart, and above all speak plainly,” he writes in characteristically flat fashion. After a few years as a U.N. ambassador, the author ascended the ladder in the Likud Party, and he narrowly beat Shimon Peres for the position of prime minister in 1996, when he was just 46. Beginning in 2003, when he became finance minister, his “free market revolution”—privatization, cutting welfare, and crushing unions—picked up steam. Reelected as prime minister in 2009, he doubled down against Iran’s nuclear capabilities and in destroying terrorist networks, especially Hamas. He famously came to loggerheads with Barack Obama, while with Donald Trump, he was able to see several “missions accomplished”—e.g., normalized relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and the moving of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Now the leader of the opposition party again, Netanyahu seems to be scheming for a return to power.

Hardly a charm offensive, this is a straightforward account and defense of the author’s hard-line positions.
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A book that sounds like another piece of Netanyahu's election propaganda and brainwashing. All of this is now shattering before our eyes in the disaster and terrible omission of the Simchat Torah holiday, which has become a day of mourning, shock and eulogy. On the acknowledgments page at the end of the book, he says that the book was written haphazardly in the backseat of his car on his long trips. The content is correspondingly empty, as it is motivated by his continued political control. It was distributed with aggressive marketing (I bought Rami Levy) so that the masses of fans could place it on the shelf as a ritual item.
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It's not as bad as I expected. I'm not a fan of the man, and of course this book is election propaganda and apologetics that lacks a shred of integrity. The book also contains linguistic ("I made it up") and factual errors (the PLO was not founded by Yasser Arafat as the book says). However, Bibi is one of the most influential people in the history of the State of Israel. The story of the state is intertwined with the history of his life. The book is intended for stupid people, so it is written in a very shallow way, which does not require thinking. It is reminiscent of youth literature. Recommended for reading, but should be taken with a pinch of salt.
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'Bibi: My Story'는 이스라엘의 최장수 총리인 **베냐민 네타냐후(Benjamin Netanyahu)**가 2022년에 출간한 자서전입니다. 이 책은 그의 개인적인 삶, 군 복무, 외교 경력, 그리고 정치적 여정을 자세히 다루며, 이스라엘의 안보 및 외교 정책에 대한 그의 견해를 제시합니다.


요약 (Summary)

이 자서전은 네타냐후의 삶을 시간순으로 따라가며, 그의 사상적 배경과 정치적 성장에 영향을 미친 세 명의 가족 구성원, 즉 역사가였던 그의 아버지 벤지온, 엔테베 작전에서 전사하여 국가적 영웅이 된 형 요니, 그리고 아내 사라에게 경의를 표합니다.

<초기 생활과 군 복무> 네타냐후는 이스라엘 독립 직후 홀로코스트의 여파 속에서 태어났으며, 저명한 시온주의 역사가 집안에서 자랐습니다. 그는 형제들과 함께 미국 고등학교에서 공부하며 미국에 대한 이해를 키웠고, 이후 귀국하여 이스라엘 방위군(IDF)의 정예 특수부대인 '사이렛 마트칼(<the Unit>)'에 입대했습니다. 그는 22세에 하이재킹된 비행기에서 인질을 구출하는 작전을 이끌다가 부상을 입었고, 1976년 엔테베 작전에서 형 요니가 전사한 사건은 그의 삶에 결정적인 전환점이 되었습니다. 네타냐후는 형의 유산에 영감을 받아 대테러 투쟁에 헌신하기로 결심합니다. 그는 MIT에서 석사 학위를 받는 등 학업을 마쳤지만, 결국 이스라엘을 위해 봉사하는 길을 택합니다.

<외교관 및 정치 경력> 그는 미국에서 외교관으로 경력을 시작하여 유엔 주재 이스라엘 대사를 지냈고, 이 시기에 세계에 테러리즘의 위협에 대해 알리는 데 주력했습니다. 이 경험은 그가 정계에 진출하고 이스라엘의 안보를 최우선으로 하는 그의 정치적 신념을 형성하는 데 중요한 역할을 했습니다. 네타냐후는 리쿠드당의 지도자로 여러 차례 총리직을 역임하며 이스라엘 최장수 총리가 되었습니다.

<주요 정책 및 외교> 이 책은 그의 총리 재임 기간 동안의 주요 사건과 정책 결정을 상세히 다룹니다. 특히, 이스라엘 경제의 자유화를 통해 이스라엘을 기술 강국으로 만들었다고 주장합니다. 외교 면에서는 이란의 핵 위협에 대한 그의 강경한 입장을 강조하며, 이란 핵 협상(JCPOA)에 반대했던 자신의 정책적 고려 사항을 자세히 설명합니다. 또한, 빌 클린턴, 버락 오바마, 도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령들과의 종종 격렬했던 관계와 협상에 대한 생생하고 솔직한 회고를 제공합니다. 가장 주목할 만한 외교적 성과는 2020년 네 개의 아랍 국가와 이스라엘 간의 **아브라함 협정(Abraham Accords)**을 이끌어낸 과정에 대한 뒷이야기입니다.

<개인적인 시각과 논란> 네타냐후는 이 책을 통해 자신의 삶과 국가를 유대인의 역사라는 더 넓은 맥락 속에 위치시키고, 자신을 이스라엘의 생존과 미래를 보호하는 데 필수적인 영웅적 인물로 묘사합니다. 그는 자신에게 쏟아지는 정치적 반대와 법적 논란을 자신에 대한 부당한 박해로 간주하며 정면으로 다룹니다. 책은 네타냐후가 현역 정치인으로서 재집권을 목표로 하는 시기에 쓰여져, 그의 정치적 신념을 담은 강한 선언서와 같은 성격을 띠고 있습니다.


서평 (Review)

'Bibi: My Story'는 뛰어난 문학적 완성도와 강력한 정치적 논쟁을 겸비한 자서전으로 평가됩니다. 총 736페이지에 달하는 방대한 분량에도 불구하고, 네타냐후의 명료하고 지적인 글쓰기 능력 덕분에 흡인력이 뛰어나다는 평을 받습니다.

<강점 및 특성>

  1. 뛰어난 스토리텔링: 이 책은 단순한 정치 회고록을 넘어, 군인에서 외교관, 그리고 최종적으로 국가 원수에 이르는 그의 모험적인 개인사와 이스라엘의 극적인 역사가 엮인 모험 이야기처럼 읽힙니다. 그는 유머와 활력을 잃지 않으면서도, 자신의 정책적 신념과 이스라엘의 안보에 대한 심각한 우려를 전달합니다.

  2. 외교의 비하인드 스토리: 미국 대통령들을 비롯한 세계 지도자들과의 복잡한 관계와 고위 외교의 막후 채널에 대한 상세하고 솔직한 묘사는 이 책의 가장 흥미로운 부분 중 하나입니다. 특히, 오바마 행정부와의 이란 핵 문제에 대한 이견과 트럼프 행정부와의 협력에 대한 그의 관점은 역사적 기록으로서 가치가 있습니다.

  3. 정치적 선언: 이 책은 네타냐후의 정치 철학과 세계관을 이해하는 데 필수적인 역할을 합니다. 그는 자신의 시온주의적 뿌리, 이스라엘이 직면한 실존적 위협에 대한 확고한 믿음, 그리고 유대 민족의 생존을 위한 강력한 방어의 필요성을 역설합니다.

<비판 및 논란>

  1. 자기 미화와 일방적 관점: 비평가들은 이 책이 매우 자기방어적이고 자기 미화적이라는 점을 지적합니다. 네타냐후는 자신의 성공을 강조하고 정치적 반대파나 언론의 비판을 **'피해 의식'**에 기반하여 부당한 박해로 치부하는 경향을 보입니다.

  2. 팔레스타인 문제의 편향성: 이 책은 이스라엘-팔레스타인 분쟁에 대한 네타냐후의 강경한 이념을 여과 없이 드러냅니다. 일부 서평에서는 네타냐후가 '팔레스타인'이라는 용어 대신 '아랍인'이나 '테러리스트'와 같은 용어를 사용하며, 역사적 맥락에서 편의적인 진실과 생략을 사용한다고 비판합니다. 예를 들어, 그는 팔레스타인 측의 입장을 충분히 고려하지 않고 이스라엘의 행동을 도덕적으로 정당화하는 데 집중합니다.

  3. 현역 정치인의 회고록: 은퇴 후가 아닌, 여전히 활발하게 정치를 하는 시기에 쓰여졌다는 점 때문에, 이 책은 객관적인 역사적 평가라기보다는 정치적 복귀를 위한 성명서선거 운동 자료의 성격이 강하다는 평가도 있습니다. 독자들은 책에 묘사된 '신중하고 중도적인' 지도자의 모습과 선거 유세에서 보여주는 '극우 포퓰리스트'의 모습 사이의 괴리를 느낄 수 있습니다.

<결론> 'Bibi: My Story'는 네타냐후의 정치적 여정을 심층적으로 이해하고자 하는 독자, 특히 이스라엘 정치와 중동 외교에 관심 있는 독자에게 필수적인 독서입니다. 이 책은 논쟁의 여지가 있지만, 이스라엘 역사상 가장 영향력 있는 지도자 중 한 명의 개인적인 용기와 정치적 신념을 강력하게 보여주는 증거이며, 그를 지지하든 비판하든 관계없이 오늘날의 이스라엘을 이해하는 데 중요한 통찰력을 제공합니다.


이 영상은 'Bibi: My Story'의 저자인 베냐민 네타냐후가 자신의 책과 삶에 대해 직접 이야기하는 인터뷰입니다.

“Bibi: My Story,” Benjamin Netanyahu on His Life and Times

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다음은 **베냐민 네타냐후의 회고록 『Bibi: My Story』(2022)**에 대한 약 1,000단어 분량의 요약과 평론입니다.


1. 요약 (약 600단어)

『Bibi: My Story』는 이스라엘 최장수 총리인 베냐민 네타냐후가 자신의 삶과 이스라엘 현대사를 결합해 서술한 정치적 자서전이다. 이 책은 단순한 개인 회고록이라기보다, 한 정치 지도자가 어떻게 국가의 운명과 자신의 사명을 동일시해왔는지를 보여주는 정치적 선언문에 가깝다.

책의 초반부는 그의 가족사와 성장 배경에 집중한다. 아버지 벤지온 네타냐후는 유대인 박해사 연구자이자 강경한 시온주의자였으며, 네타냐후의 역사관과 안보관에 결정적 영향을 주었다. 그는 유대 민족이 역사적으로 반복적인 위협 속에 놓여 있었으며, 국가적 자위는 도덕적으로 정당할 뿐 아니라 필수적이라는 신념을 자연스럽게 내면화했다고 서술한다. 홀로코스트의 기억은 단순한 과거사가 아니라, 현재 정치적 판단의 기준으로 기능한다.

가장 감정적으로 묘사되는 부분은 형 요니 네타냐후의 죽음이다. 요니는 1976년 엔테베 구출작전을 지휘하다 전사했다. 네타냐후는 형의 희생을 이스라엘 군인의 이상적 모범으로 제시하며, 자신의 정치적 사명 역시 그 정신을 이어가는 것이라고 말한다. 이 사건은 그의 삶에서 개인적 상처이자 정치적 상징이 된다.

이후 그는 미국 유학 시절(MIT, 하버드)과 기업 활동 경험을 강조한다. 미국 사회와 언론 환경을 이해하게 된 경험은 훗날 외교 무대와 대중 커뮤니케이션에서 큰 자산이 되었다고 평가한다. 특히 유엔 주재 이스라엘 대사 시절, 그는 이스라엘의 입장을 국제사회에 적극적으로 설명하고 방어하는 능력을 키웠다고 회고한다.

정치 지도자로서의 전환점은 오슬로 협정에 대한 반대였다. 네타냐후는 오슬로 프로세스가 팔레스타인 지도부의 진정성을 과대평가한 결과라고 본다. 그는 야세르 아라파트가 평화를 전략적으로 이용했을 뿐 근본적으로 이스라엘을 인정하지 않았다고 주장한다. 이 과정에서 그는 자신을 냉정한 현실주의자로, 반대편을 순진하거나 위험하게 낙관적인 집단으로 대비시킨다.

총리 재임 시기의 핵심 성과로는 경제 개혁과 외교 전략을 들고 있다. 그는 민영화, 규제 완화, 기술 산업 육성을 통해 이스라엘을 ‘스타트업 국가’로 도약시켰다고 주장한다. 외교적으로는 미국과의 전략적 동맹을 강화하고, 팔레스타인 문제를 우회한 채 아랍 국가들과 관계 정상화를 이룬 ‘아브라함 협정’을 역사적 전환점으로 제시한다.

특히 이란 핵 문제는 그의 서술에서 중심적 위치를 차지한다. 그는 이란의 핵 개발을 이스라엘에 대한 실존적 위협으로 규정하며, 미국과 국제사회가 체결한 핵합의를 중대한 전략적 오류로 비판한다. 자신이 미국 의회 연설 등을 통해 이 문제를 국제적 의제로 끌어올렸다고 강조한다.

책의 후반부는 언론과 사법부, 정치적 반대세력과의 갈등을 다룬다. 자신에 대한 부패 혐의는 정치적 동기에 기반한 공격이라고 주장하며, 이는 엘리트 집단이 국민의 선택을 뒤집으려는 시도라고 묘사한다. 여기서 드러나는 것은 지속적인 포위 의식이다. 이스라엘은 외부로부터, 자신은 내부로부터 공격받고 있다는 인식이 책 전반을 관통한다.


2. 평론 (약 400단어)

이 책의 가장 두드러진 특징은 세계관의 일관성이다. 네타냐후는 유대인의 역사적 취약성, 국가 안보의 절대성, 힘에 기반한 평화라는 신념을 흔들림 없이 유지한다. 타협보다는 억지력, 이상주의보다는 현실주의를 강조하는 논리는 그의 정치적 행보와 정확히 맞물린다.

문체는 명료하고 설득력 있다. 미국식 정치 수사와 전략적 커뮤니케이션 감각이 잘 드러난다. 복잡한 외교 현안도 간결하게 정리하는 능력은 탁월하다. 동시에, 이 책은 철저히 자기 방어적이다. 반대 의견이나 비판적 시각은 거의 소개되지 않으며, 실패에 대한 성찰도 제한적이다.

특히 팔레스타인 문제를 다루는 방식은 일방적이다. 안보 위협과 테러의 위험성은 상세히 설명되지만, 점령이 장기화되면서 발생하는 구조적 긴장이나 팔레스타인 민간인의 현실은 거의 언급되지 않는다. 이는 그의 정치적 노선을 충실히 반영하지만, 독자에게는 균형 잡힌 이해를 제공하지는 않는다.

이 회고록은 감정적 고백이나 인간적 취약성을 드러내기보다는, 지도자의 정당성을 강화하는 데 초점을 둔다. 개인적 삶, 가족과의 관계, 내면적 갈등은 비교적 얕게 다뤄진다. 그는 끝까지 ‘정치적 인물’로 남는다.

그럼에도 불구하고 이 책은 현대 이스라엘 보수 민족주의의 사상적 구조를 이해하는 데 중요한 자료다. 네타냐후는 자신을 단순한 정치인이 아니라, 유대 역사와 서구 문명을 방어하는 최전선의 지도자로 인식한다. 그 확신은 강점이면서 동시에 한계이기도 하다.

요컨대 『Bibi: My Story』는 자기 정당화적 성격이 강한 정치 회고록이지만, 네타냐후라는 인물의 사유 구조와 국가관을 직접적으로 보여주는 1차 자료로서의 가치는 분명하다. 이 책을 통해 우리는 한 지도자가 어떻게 역사, 안보, 정체성을 결합해 자신의 정치적 정당성을 구성하는지를 선명하게 볼 수 있다.


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Summary (approx. 600 words)

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Bibi: My Story is a political autobiography that seeks to weave his personal narrative into the larger story of the modern Israeli state. Written with a mix of military pride, ideological conviction, and self-justification, the book traces Netanyahu’s life from his childhood in Jerusalem and his time in the elite Israeli commando unit Sayeret Matkal to his long career as Israel’s prime minister.

The early chapters focus on Netanyahu’s family background and formative influences. His father, Benzion Netanyahu, was a historian and ardent Zionist who deeply shaped his worldview—especially his belief in the existential vulnerability of the Jewish people and the moral legitimacy of Jewish self-defense. Netanyahu recalls growing up amid the trauma of the Holocaust’s shadow and Israel’s early wars, portraying himself as part of a generation that internalized the necessity of vigilance and strength for national survival.

One of the most emotional sections recounts the death of his older brother Yonatan (Yoni), commander of the 1976 Entebbe rescue operation, who was killed during the mission. Netanyahu turns this tragedy into a lifelong symbol of heroic sacrifice and leadership. The memory of Yoni, he writes, guided his own political mission and hardened his conviction that Israel must never rely on others for its defense.

Netanyahu’s time in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s marks a turning point. He studied at MIT and Harvard, worked as a business consultant, and learned to navigate the American political and media landscape. These experiences, he argues, equipped him with communication and strategic skills that later proved crucial in both diplomacy and domestic politics. They also shaped his perception of Israel’s image abroad and the importance of public diplomacy (“hasbara”) in defending Israeli policies.

When Netanyahu entered politics, first as Israel’s ambassador to the UN (1984–88) and later as Likud leader, he positioned himself as a sharp critic of the Oslo peace process. The book devotes significant space to his opposition to the accords, arguing that the Palestinian leadership, particularly Yasser Arafat, never intended genuine peace but used diplomacy as a means to weaken Israel. Netanyahu portrays himself as a realist facing naïve or idealistic opponents—Israeli leftists and Western leaders—who underestimated the persistence of antisemitism and Arab rejectionism.

The later chapters cover his prime ministerial tenures (1996–99, 2009–2021). He details his economic reforms, including privatization and deregulation policies that, he claims, transformed Israel into a high-tech powerhouse. He also highlights his foreign-policy achievements, from strengthening U.S.–Israel relations to negotiating the Abraham Accords—normalization agreements with several Arab states that bypassed the Palestinian issue.

Throughout, Netanyahu presents himself as a defender of Jewish security and Western civilization, often positioning Israel as the front line against Islamist extremism and Iranian ambitions. His depiction of the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) is especially critical; he sees it as a historic error that he personally fought to expose and reverse.

The book concludes with his reflections on political survival, media hostility, and corruption charges—portraying them as politically motivated attempts by elites to undermine the will of the Israeli public. While defensive in tone, these passages reveal the siege mentality that defines Netanyahu’s political identity: Israel, and Netanyahu himself, are always embattled, misunderstood, and yet destined to prevail through resilience and intellect.


Critical Review (approx. 400 words)

Bibi: My Story is at once a memoir, a defense brief, and a political manifesto. Netanyahu writes in a brisk, often persuasive style, shaped by his years of public speaking and rhetorical training in the U.S. The prose is confident and disciplined, though it sometimes slips into propaganda or self-congratulation.

The book’s greatest strength lies in its coherence of worldview. Unlike many politicians’ memoirs, it presents a consistent ideological narrative: the belief that Israel is perpetually under threat; that moral clarity and power, not compromise, ensure survival; and that leadership means resisting fashionable illusions. In this sense, Bibi is less a personal confession than a polished ideological autobiography—akin to Churchill’s wartime writings or de Gaulle’s Mémoires de guerre.

Readers sympathetic to Netanyahu’s realism will find his analysis of Middle Eastern geopolitics compelling. His critique of Western diplomacy—especially its tendency to reward aggression and mistake weakness for virtue—draws on both historical experience and strategic logic. His account of the Abraham Accords illustrates his core argument: peace can emerge not from appeasing enemies but from strengthening deterrence and building mutual interests.

However, the memoir also reveals the limits of Netanyahu’s vision. His narrative of Israeli heroism and moral clarity leaves little room for empathy toward Palestinians or for introspection about the cost of occupation. When he recounts peace efforts, he emphasizes deception and betrayal on the other side, rarely questioning his own approach or considering the possibility that long-term security may require more than deterrence. The book’s silence on civilian suffering—both Palestinian and Israeli—underscores its ideological rigidity.

Stylistically, Bibi is clean but repetitive. The later chapters read partly as a self-defense against corruption investigations and political enemies, which may fatigue readers seeking a balanced portrait. The personal dimension—his marriage, emotional life, inner doubts—is minimal. Netanyahu remains, even in autobiography, a disciplined political actor, not a vulnerable narrator.

Ultimately, Bibi: My Story is less revealing of the man than of the mindset of modern Israeli nationalism: confident, besieged, rational, and morally certain. For historians, it is valuable as a primary source in understanding how Israel’s longest-serving prime minister conceives of leadership and legitimacy. For critics, it is also a reminder that personal conviction, when fused with national destiny, can be both a source of strength and a barrier to empathy.


In short:

  • Genre: Political autobiography / ideological memoir

  • Tone: Assertive, defensive, nationalist

  • Themes: Security, leadership, Jewish history, Western civilization, moral clarity vs. appeasement

  • Strengths: Strategic insight, ideological consistency, clear prose

  • Weaknesses: Lack of introspection, limited empathy, self-justifying tone


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세진님, 전자책에서 <thousands of years> 또는 <thousand years>가 포함된 문구들을 직접 확인하시기 편하도록 이미지 속 텍스트를 페이지별로 타이핑해 드립니다.

전체적으로 유대 민족의 역사적 정당성과 이스라엘 땅과의 연결고리를 강조하는 맥락에서 이 표현들이 자주 사용되고 있습니다.


전자책 <thousands of years> 검색 결과 타이핑

  • 42페이지: 이스라엘인들은 3,000년(three thousand years) 전 솔로몬 왕이 첫 번째 유대 성전을 세웠던 성전산을 방문했다.

  • 206페이지: 이스라엘 땅은 약 3,500년 전의 것이며, 이 땅에 대한 아랍의 정복은 그로부터 2,000년(two thousand years) 뒤인 서기 7세기에 일어났다.

  • 207페이지: 유대 민족의 역사는 거의 4,000년에 걸쳐 있다. 첫 수천 년(thousand years) 정도는 성경에 기록되어 있으며...

  • 207페이지: 아브라함과 사라는 거의 4,000년(four thousand years) 전 갈대아 우르에서 가나안 땅으로 긴 여정을 떠났다.

  • 209페이지: 아랍의 식민 통치는 그 후 1,000년(thousand years) 동안 이 땅을 떠나지 않았다.

  • 211페이지: 아랍인들은 이 땅을 정복했고 **수천 년(thousands of years)**에 걸친 유대인들의 거주를 박탈하는 데 크게 기여했다.

  • 211페이지: 반이스라엘 선동가들은 3,000년(three thousand years) 넘게 이 땅에 매달려 온 유일한 민족이 그들 자신의 주권 국가에서 살 권리가 없다고 주장한다.

  • 212페이지: 아라파트는 우리가 최근 발굴한 도자기 파편의 윤곽을 제시했다. 그것은 수천 년(several thousand years) 된 것이었다.

  • 222페이지: 사람들은 이 땅을 위해 수많은 희생을 치렀고, 그들의 피를 흘렸으며, 1,000년(thousand years) 동안 이곳으로 돌아오기를 기도했다.

  • 225페이지: 이스라엘 땅은 우리가 수천 년(thousands of years) 동안 애착을 가졌던 유일한 나라였고, 유대인들이 수세기에 걸쳐 돌아온 곳이다.

  • 271페이지: "중국 인민은 지구상에서 가장 오래된 문명 중 하나입니다."라고 그는 말하며, 각각 **4,000년(four thousand years)**과 5,000년(five thousand years) 전으로 거슬러 올라간다고 했다.

  • 272페이지: "대통령님," 내가 말했다. "유대인들이 이곳에 존재해 온 지 **수천 년(thousands of years)**이 되었으니, 그것은 상당히 낮은 수치입니다. 2,000년(two thousand years) 전 유대인들은 로마 제국 인구의 10%를 차지했습니다."

  • 272페이지: 우리의 가장 큰 비극인 20세기의 나치 홀로코스트가 있었다. 이것이 지난 2,000년(two thousand years) 동안 우리가 고국을 되찾고 독립 국가를 재건하기 위해 노력해 온 이유다.

  • 287페이지: "그들의 땅이 아니에요," 사라가 대답했다. "3,000년(three thousand years) 넘게 우리 땅이었어요."

  • 303페이지: 나는 이스라엘 총리로서 조건에 굴복하여 3,000년(three thousand years) 넘는 유대 민족의 투쟁을 위험에 빠뜨리지 않을 것이다.

  • 374페이지: 2,000년(two thousand years) 후, 중세의 가장 위대한 유대인 사상가인 마이모니데스는 다소 복잡한 상황에 처했다.

  • 423페이지: 4,000년 된(four-thousand-year-old), 3,000년 된(three-thousand-year-old) 국가의 선출된 지도자로서...

  • 426페이지: 그는 이스라엘의 건국이 홀로코스트의 산물인 것처럼 암시하며, 유대 민족이 고국에 가졌던 **수천 년(thousands of years)**의 애착을 무시했다.

  • 450페이지: 성경에서. "나는 당신으로부터 이 이스라엘 땅을 사고 싶습니다." 2,700년(two thousand seven hundred years) 전 유대 왕 히스기야는...

  • 451페이지: 예루살렘에 눈에 띄게 전시되어 있으며, 그것이 유대인의 것이었지 무슬림의 도시가 아니었음을 명백히 증명한다. 수천 년(thousands of years) 전의 일이다.

  • 463페이지: 유대 국가. "이스라엘의 고대 국가는 거의 4,000년(four thousand years) 동안 존재해 왔습니다."라고 나는 말을 이었다.

  • 501페이지: 2,000년(two thousand years) 동안 유대 민족의 역사였던 정복과 대학살로부터 당신을 구해주지 않을 것이다.

  • 529: 그 순간 2,000년(two thousand years) 전 위대한 유대인 현자 힐렐의 불멸의 말씀이 강력하게 나를 강타했다. "내가 나를 위하지 않으면, 누가 나를 위하겠는가?"

  • 534: 거의 **4,000년(four thousand years)**의 역사 속에서 유대 민족을 반복적으로 멸망시키려 시도했다.

  • 538: 모세는 수천 년(thousands of years) 동안 이스라엘 사람들에게 결의를 주었다.

  • 552: 에티오피아 민족은 3,000년(three thousand years) 전 시바의 여왕이 예루살렘의 솔로몬 왕을 방문했던 때로 거슬러 올라간다.

  • 552: "우리가 다시 만날 때까지 또 다른 **3,000년(three thousand years)**이 걸리지 않기를 확신합니다."라고 나는 아디스아바바의 에티오피아 의회에서 말했다.

  • 601: 2017년, 도널드 트럼프 대통령은 3,000년(three-thousand-year-old) 된 진실을 인정함으로써 70년간의 외교적 불합리함을 끝냈다.

  • 602: 성전산과 다윗성을 보라. 그가 3,000년(three thousand years) 전 우리의 수도를 세웠던 경사진 언덕이다.

  • 653: 유대 민족이 존재해 온 수천 년(thousands of years) 동안, 우리는 통일된 독립의 시기를 단 세 번만 누렸다.


이 텍스트들이 세진님의 독서와 내용 확인에 도움이 되길 바랍니다. 다른 챕터나 구체적인 문장에 대해 더 궁금한 점이 있으시면 언제든 말씀해 주세요. Would you like me to analyze how Netanyahu uses these historical timeframes to justify his current policies?



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