PREFACE
1 Jonathan Netanyahu, Self-Portrait of a Hero: From the Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu, 1963–1976, Warner Books, New York, 1980, p. 243.
1 INTERVIEW
1 Author’s interview with Yitzhak Shamir, Tel Aviv.
2 Marvin Feuerwerger, ‘Israel: the Gulf War and its Aftermath’, in Robert O. Freedman (ed.), The Middle East after Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait, University of Florida Press, Gainesville, p. 144.
3 Moshe Zak, ‘Israel and Jordan: Strategically Bound’, Israel Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 1, Autumn 1996, p. 39.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid., p. 55.
2 MADRID
1 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1991, p. 2.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Author’s interview with Yitzhak Shamir, Tel Aviv.
5 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1991, p. 2.
6 Washington Post, 12 January 1999.
7 Ibid.
8 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1991, p. 5.
9 Ibid.
10 Author’s interview with Yitzhak Shamir, Tel Aviv.
11 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1991, p. 3.
12 Ibid.
13 Author’s interview with Moshe Arens, Tel Aviv.
14 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1992, p. 1.
15 FCO/FIA/Calendar of Events in Israel for 1992, p. 2.
16 Leon T. Hadar, ‘David Levy: Can He Win the Likud’s Succession War?’, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March 1992, pp. 9–10, 48.
17 Author’s interview with Yitzhak Shamir, Tel Aviv.
18 Ibid.
19 Author’s interview with Moshe Arens, Tel Aviv.
3 EARTHQUAKE
1 FCO/FIA/ Annual Review for Israel for 1992, p. 2.
2 Ibid.
3 Author’s interview with Benni Begin, Jerusalem.
4 Author’s interview with Moshe Arens, Tel Aviv.
5 Quoted from FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1992, p. 2.
6 Moshe Arens, Broken Covenant: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis between the U.S. and Israel, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1995, pp. 298–9.
7 FCO/FIA/Calendar of Events in Israel for 1992, p. 4.
8 Yitzhak Shamir, Summing Up: An Autobiography, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1994, pp. 182–3.
9 David Margolick, ‘Star of Zion’, Vanity Fair, June 1996.
10 Sam Lehman-Wilzig, ‘The Media Campaign: The Negative Effects of Positive Campaigning’, in David J. Elazar and Shmuel Sandler (eds), Israel at the Polls 1996, Frank Cass, London and Portland, 1998, p. 172.
11 Haaretz, 2 February 2015.
12 Author’s interview with David Bar-Illan, Jerusalem.
13 Sam Lehman-Wilzig, p. 172.
14 Author’s interview with David Bar-Illan, Jerusalem.
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid.
17 David Margolick, ‘Star of Zion’, Vanity Fair, June 1996.
18 Quoted from Baltimore Sun, 26 March 1993.
19 Ibid.
20 Ibid.
21 Los Angeles Times, 26 March 1993.
22 David Margolick, ‘Star of Zion’, Vanity Fair, June 1996.
23 Ibid.
24 Author’s interview with Dan Meridor, Jerusalem.
25 Ibid.
4 REBUILDING
1 Efraim Inbar, ‘Netanyahu Takes Over’, in David J. Elazar and Shmuel Sandler (eds), Israel at the Polls 1996, p. 34.
2 Author’s interview with David Bar-Illan.
3 Efraim Inbar, ‘Netanyahu Takes Over’, in David J. Elazar and Shmuel Sandler (eds), Israel at the Polls 1996, p. 34.
4 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1993, p. 1.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid.
10 Ben Caspit and Ilan Kfir, Netanyahu: The Road to Power, Vision Paperbacks, London, 1999, p. 139.
11 New York Times, 5 September 1993.
12 FCO/FIA/Calendar of Events for 1993, p. 5.
5 DANGEROUS GAMES
1 Author’s interview with Dan Meridor, Jerusalem.
2 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1994, p. 4.
3 Ibid.
4 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1994, summary page.
5 Ibid., pp. 3–4.
6 Ibid., p. 2.
7 Ibid., pp. 1–2.
8 Ibid., p. 1.
9 Ibid., p. 2.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid., p. 3.
13 Ibid.
14 Ibid., p. 2.
6 DARK NIGHTS
1 Benjamin Netanyahu, A Place Among Nations: Israel and the World, Bantam Press, London and New York, 1993, pp. 329–57.
2 Benjamin Netanyahu, Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorism, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1995, pp. 111–12.
3 Author’s interview with Yitzhak Shamir, Tel Aviv.
4 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1995, p. 4.
5 Ibid.
6 FCO/FIA/Calendar of Events in Israel for 1995, p. 3.
7 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1995, p. 2.
8 Hendrik Hertzberg, ‘Words and Deeds’, New Yorker, 24 January 2011.
9 Mazal Mualem, ‘Former Minister Warns of Settler Violence: Interview with Ben-Eliezer’, Al-Monitor, 9 May 2014.
10 Al-Monitor, 9 May 2014.
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Benjamin Netanyahu, Fighting Terrorism, p. 111.
14 FCO/FIA/Annual Review for Israel for 1995, p. 2.
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid., p. 6.
7 ELECTION NIGHT
1 ‘Israeli Election Too Close To Call’, CNN, 29 May 1996.
2 ‘Israel Exit Polls Show Narrow Peres Lead’, Moscow Times, 30 May 1996.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 ‘Election for Prime Minister Is a Dead Heat’, New York Times, 30 May 1996.
6 Ibid.
7 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem (MFA), Results of 1996 Elections.
8 Speech by Prime Minister Elect, Benjamin Netanyahu, International Convention Centre, Jerusalem, 2 June 1996.
9 Ibid.
10 Ben Caspit and IIan Kfir, Netanyahu: The Road to Power, Vision Paperbacks, London, 1998, p. 166.
11 Ibid., pp. 168–9.
12 Neill Lochery, The Israeli Labour Party: In the Shadow of the Likud, Ithaca Press, Reading, 1997, p. 254.
8 CAMPAIGN
1 Barry Rubin, ‘External Influences on Israeli Elections’, in David J. Elazar and Shmuel Sandler (eds), Israel at the Polls 1996, Frank Cass, London and Portland, 1998, p.153.
2 ‘Likud Leader Fights for Voters’ Confidence’, Financial Times, 24 May 1996.
3 Yoram Peri, Telepopulism: Media and Politics in Israel, Stanford University Press, Redwood City, 2004, p. 178.
4 Ibid.
5 Serge Schmemann, ‘Peres And His Foe Do Verbal Battle In Sole TV Debate’, New York Times, 27 May 1996.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Efraim Inbar, ‘Netanyahu Takes Over’, p. 43.
9 Ibid.
10 Anton La Guardia, ‘Netanyahu Will Seek to Rekindle Search for Peace’, Daily Telegraph, 28 May 1996.
11 ‘Israel’s Historic Choice’, Daily Telegraph, 28 May 1996.
12 Ibid.
9 CHEQUES
1 Quoted from Efraim Inbar, ‘Netanyahu Takes Over’, p. 43.
10 ARAFAT’S HAND
1 Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IMFA), Israel’s Foreign Relations (IFR), Vol. 16, No. 12, Press Conference with President Clinton and Prime Minister Netanyahu, Washington, 9 July 1996.
2 Ben Caspit and IIan Kfir, Netanyahu: The Road to Power, p. 54.
3 On decline of the Labour Party see, Neill Lochery, The Israeli Labour Party: In the Shadow of the Likud, pp. 39–61.
4 Ben Caspit and IIan Kfir, Netanyahu: The Road to Power, p. 65.
11 HEBRON
1 IMFA/IFR/16/38/ Interview with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Haaretz, 22 November 1996.
2 Ibid.
3 Neill Lochery, ‘The Netanyahu Era: From Crisis to Crisis’, Israel Affairs, Vol. 6, Nos 3 and 4, 2000, p. 229.
4 IMFA/IFR/16/69/ Press Conference with Netanyahu on the Hebron Accord, 13 January 1997.
5 Ibid.
6 Neill Lochery, ‘The Netanyahu Era: From Crisis to Crisis’, p. 231.
7 Ibid., p. 230.
8 IMFA/IFR/16/138/ Address by Prime Minister Netanyahu at the National Defence College, 14 August 1997.
9 Ibid.
12 WYE
1 Madeleine Albright, Madame Secretary: A Memoir, Macmillan, London, 2003, p 300.
2 Ibid, p. 303.
3 Ibid.
4 Associated Press, 4 January 1998.
5 Neill Lochery, ‘The Netanyahu Era: From Crisis to Crisis’, p. 233.
6 ‘Sharon Quits After Massacre Enquiry’, BBC News, 8 February 1983.
7 Ibid.
8 Madeleine Albright, Madame Secretary, p. 310.
9 Ibid., p. 303.
10 Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2004, p. 419.
11 Ibid.
12 Bill Clinton, My Life, Hutchinson, London, 2004, p. 817.
13 Madeleine Albright, Madame Secretary, p. 310.
14 Bill Clinton, My Life, p. 816.
15 Madeleine Albright, Madame Secretary, p. 310.
16 Bill Clinton, My Life, p. 817.
17 Ibid.
13 DEAL BREAKER
1 Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace, p. 438.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid., p. 439.
4 Ibid., p. 448.
5 Bill Clinton, My Life, p. 818.
6 Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace, p. 451.
7 Ibid., p. 452.
8 Bill Clinton, My Life, p. 819.
9 Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace, p. 455.
10 Ibid., p. 443.
11 Bill Clinton, My Life, p. 818.
12 Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace, p. 455.
13 Ibid., p. 457.
14 Ibid., p. 458.
15 Ibid., p. 459.
16 Bill Clinton, My Life, p. 819.
17 IMFA/IFR/17/75/ The Signing of the Wye River Memorandum-Statements, 23 October 1998.
14 HOME
1 IMFA/IFR/17/78/ Statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu, 25 October 1998.
2 Ibid.
3 Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace, p. 461.
4 Ibid., p. 467.
5 Ibid., p. 468.
15 END
1 Neill Lochery, ‘The Netanyahu Era: From Crisis to Crisis’, p. 234.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Nana Gilbert, ‘Ramon: Netanyahu Agreed to 4th June 1967 Lines’, Jerusalem Post, 13 January 2000.
5 Neill Lochery, ‘The Netanyahu Era: From Crisis to Crisis’, p. 234.
6 Author’s interview with Yossi Beilin, Jerusalem.
7 Neill Lochery, ‘The Netanyahu Era: From Crisis to Crisis’, p. 235.
8 Ibid.
9 David J. Elazar and M. Ben Mollov, ‘The Interplay Between Character, Political Culture and Centrism’, in David J. Elazar and M. Ben Mollov (eds), Israel at the Polls 1999, Frank Cass, London and Portland, 2001, p. 6.
10 IMFA/IFR/17/131/ Interview with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Time magazine, 11 January 1999.
11 Ibid.
12 Neill Lochery, ‘The Netanyahu Era: From Crisis to Crisis’, p. 235.
13 IMFA/IFR/17/131/ Interview with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Time, 11 January 1999.
14 Ibid.
15 David J. Elazar and M. Ben Mollov, ‘The Interplay Between Character, Political Culture and Centrism’, p. 4.
16 Ari Shavit, ‘Netanyahu’s Secret’, Haaretz, 4 March 1999.
16 LOSS
1 Deborah Sontag, ‘The Israeli Vote: The Overview; Israelis Choose A New Leader And Remake Their Parliament’, New York Times, 18 May 1999.
2 Ibid.
3 Joel Greenberg, ‘Resigning From Parliament, Netanyahu Hints at Return’, New York Times, 28 May 1999.
4 Ibid.
5 Deborah Sontag, ‘The Israeli Vote’.
6 IMFA/IFR/17/131/ Interview with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Time magazine, 11 January 1999.
7 Karl Vick, ‘Received Wisdom? How the Ideology of Netanyahu’s Late Father Influenced the Son’, Time magazine, 2 May 2012.
8 David Remnick, ‘The Outsider’, New Yorker, p. 80.
9 Ibid., p. 83.
17 FATHER
1 Benzion Netanyahu Obituary, Guardian, 1 May 2012.
2 Ibid.
3 David Remnick, ‘The Outsider’, p. 85.
4 Benzion Netanyahu Obituary, Guardian, 1 May 2012.
5 Karl Vick, ‘Received Wisdom?’
6 David Remnick, ‘The Outsider’, p. 85.
7 Ibid., p. 84.
8 Ibid., p. 85.
9 Author’s interview with Yossi Beilin, Jerusalem.
18 INVISIBLE
1 Lilach Weissman, ‘Netanyahu Held Tax Haven Bank Account’, Globes, 15 January 2014.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Marissa Newman, ‘Netanyahu Kept Bank Account In Tax Haven’, Times of Israel, 15 January 2014.
5 Ibid.
6 ‘Netanyahu Dubs BATM/Telco Systems the Grand Slam of the Desert; Former Israeli Prime Minister Reflects on Dynamic Technology Transfer Between U.S. and Israel’, Atlantic Business Wire, 27 September 2000.
7 See for example, Clayton E. Swisher, The Truth About Camp David: The Untold Story About the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process, Nation Books, New York, 2004.
8 Suzanne Goldenberg, ‘Netanyahu Set for a Comeback’, Guardian, 28 September 2000.
9 Ibid.
19 FALSE START
1 http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/aboutisrael/history/pages/elections.
2 ‘Barak Concedes Israeli Prime Minister Election’, CNN, 6 February 2001.
3 Ibid.
20 INVITATION
1 MFA/President Shimon Peres Tasks MK Benjamin Netanyahu with Forming Government, 20 February 2009.
2 Ethan Bronner, ‘Netanyahu, Once Hawkish, Now Touts Pragmatism’, New York Times, 20 February 2009.
3 Ibid.
4 MFA/Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Presents his Government to the Knesset, 31 March 2009.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.
21 NOVEMBER
1 Barak Ravid, ‘Iraq 2002, Iran 2012: Compare And Contrast Netanyahu’s Speeches:The Arguments Are The Same, The Intonation Is The Same, Even The Advisors Are The Same’, Haaretz, 4 October 2012.
2 Adapted from Address by Benjamin Netanyahu, House Committee on Government Reform, 12 September 2002.
3 Chris McGreal, ‘Israel Faces Swing to Right as Coalition Falls’, Guardian, 31 October 2002.
4 Caroline Glick, ‘Interview with Benjamin Netanyahu’, Jerusalem Post, 7 November 2002.
5 Ibid.
6 ‘Middle East Timeline’, Guardian, 2003.
7 Ian Fisher, ‘Six Israelis Die at Polling Station; Sharon Wins’, New York Times, 29 November 2002.
8 MFA/FM Netanyahu Addresses to EU Ambassadors Conference, 17 December 2002.
22 FINANCE
1 Joshua Brilliant, ‘Israel’s Sharon Presents New Government’, UPI, 27 February 2003.
2 Chris McGreal, ‘Sharon Sacks Netanyahu to Smooth US Ties’, Guardian, 27 February 2003.
3 MFA/Address to the Knesset by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on the Presentation of the New Government, Jerusalem, 27 February 2003.
4 Nehemia Shtrasler, ‘Netanyahu: Economic Reforms are Vital’, Haaretz, 1 October 2004.
5 ‘Netanyahu’s Economic Reforms and the Laffer Curve’, Forbes, 13 November 2015.
6 On the reforms see, Dani Filc, The Political Right in Israel: Different Faces of Jewish Populism, Routledge, London and New York, 2009.
7 ‘Netanyahu’s Economic Reforms and the Laffer Curve’, Forbes, 13 November 2015.
8 Nehemia Shtrasler, ‘Netanyahu: Economic Reforms are Vital’, Haaretz, 1 October 2004.
9 Ibid.
10 Patrick Clawson, ‘Middle East Economics’, in Barry Rubin (ed.), The Middle East: A Guide to Politics, Economics, Society and Culture, Routledge, London and New York, 2012, p. 208.
23 SEPARATION
1 Nehemia Shtrasler, ‘Netanyahu: Economic Reforms are Vital’, Haaretz, 1 October 2004.
2 Scott Wilson, ‘Netanyahu Resigns In Protest of Pullout’, Washington Post, 8 August 2005.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 David Makovsky, ‘Sharon, Netanyahu, Disengagement, and Likud Leadership’, Policy Watch 501, The Washington Institute, 17 August 2005.
6 Ibid.
7 Conal Urquhart, ‘Netanyahu Quits over Withdrawal from Gaza’, Guardian, 8 August 2005.
8 ‘Netanyahu to Challenge Sharon Leadership’, CNN, 30 August 2005.
9 Ibid.
10 Caroline Glick, ‘Netanyahu’s Great Gamble’, Jerusalem Post, 8 August 2005.
11 Jonathan Spyer, ‘Likud and the 2006 Election’, in Shmeul Sandler, Manfred Gerstenfeld and Jonathan Rynhold (eds), Israel at the Polls 2006, Routledge, London and New York, 2008, p. 66.
12 Reported on CNN, 29 March 2006.
13 Chris McGreal, ‘Kadima Wins Israel’s General Election As Likud Humiliated’, Guardian, 29 March 2006.
14 Jonathan Spyer, ‘Likud and the 2006 Election’, p. 71.
24 THE SPEECH
1 Israel Army Radio = Likud 22 and Zionist Union 24. Joint Poll for Television = Likud 21 and Zionist Union 24, Polls published on 3 March 2015.
2 Benjamin Netanyahu Address to Congress on 3 March 2015, Prime Minister’s Office, Jerusalem.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.
9 President Obama’s Remarks After Netanyahu’s Speech, 3 March 2015.
10 Separate polls for Channels 1 and 10 in Israel taken on 4 March 2015 put the Likud at 23 seats. A poll taken published in Maariv on 6 March 2015 put the Likud on 22 seats.
25 CHALLENGE
1 Jeff Zeleny and Alan Cowell, ‘Addressing Muslims, Obama Pushes, Middle East Peace’, New York Times, 4 June 2009.
2 ‘President Obama’s Remarks to the Muslim World’, Cairo, White House, 4 June 2009.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Address by Benjamin Netanyahu, Bar-Ilan University, 14 June 2009.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid.
10 Isabel Kershner, ‘Netanyahu Backs Palestinian State, With Caveats’, New York Times, 14 June 2009.
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Haaretz, 25 November 2009.
14 Ethan Bronner and Mark Landler, ‘Israel Offers a Pause in Building New Settlements’, New York Times, 25 November 2009.
26 RELATIONSHIPS
1 Barak Ravid, ‘Netanyahu: Arab Spring Pushing Mideast Backward, Not Forward’, Haaretz, 24 November 2011.
2 MFA/Prime Minister Netanyahu Addresses Opening of Knesset Winter Session, 31 October 2011.
3 Mark Landler and Steven Lee Myers, ‘Obama Sees 67 Borders as Starting Point for Peace Deal’, New York Times, 19 May 2011.
4 Remarks of President Barack Obama: A Moment of Opportunity, the State Department, Washington, DC, 19 May 2011.
5 Ibid.
6 New York Times, 19 May 2011.
7 MFA/Statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu on Address by US President Obama, 19 May 2011.
8 Jeremy Bowen, BBC News, 20 May 2011.
9 Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel after Bilateral Meeting, White House, 20 May 2011.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 ‘Israeli Rebuke of Obama Exposes Divide on Mideast’, Reuters, 22 May 2011.
14 ‘Sarkozy Tells Obama Netanyahu is a Liar’, Reuters, 8 November 2011.
15 ‘Sarkozy, Obama Bemoan Netanyahu over Open Microphone’, CNN, 8 November 2011.
27 PROTESTS
1 Address by Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Graduation Ceremony of Course 38 of the National Security College, 25 July 2011.
2 ‘Biggest Rally in Israel’s History Presses PM’, Reuters, 4 September 2011.
3 MFA/Prime Minister Netanyahu Addresses Opening of Knesset Winter Session, 31 October 2011.
4 Channel 10 News, 2 August 2011.
5 ‘Israel’s Netanyahu, Lieberman Merge Parties for Ballot’, Reuters, 25 October 2012.
6 BBC News, 26 October 2012.
7 Poll published by Channel Two, 25 October 2012.
8 Reuters, 25 October 2012.
9 David Remnick, ‘Netanyahu’s Dark Choice’, New Yorker, 28 October 2012.
28 INDEED
1 Polls from Channel 10 and Channel 2, 13 March 2015.
2 ‘Netanyahu: No Palestinian State on My Watch’, Times of Israel, 16 March 2015.
3 Barak Ravid, ‘Netanyahu: If I’m Elected, There Will Be No Palestinian State’, Haaretz, 16 March 2015.
4 PMO/Netanyahu at the Opening of the Knesset Winter Session, 27 October 2014.
5 Ibid.
6 MFA/PM Netanyahu sums up Operation Protective Edge, 27 August 2014.
7 Joshua Mitnick, ‘Israelis Frustrated With Outcome of Gaza Conflict’, Wall Street Journal, 29 August 2014.
8 Ibid.
9 ‘Lieberman Pans Ceasefire with Contemptible Murderers’, Times of Israel, 27 August 2014.
10 Ibid.
11 ‘Long May It Hold’, The Economist, 30 August 2014.
12 Interview with Netanyahu, Die Welt, 5 December 2012.
13 Channel 2 and Channel 10 Television Opinion Polls, 13 March 2015.
29 HAIL
1 ‘Netanyahu’s Election Day Talk of Arabs Voting in Droves Was Not Racist’, Times of Israel, 26 November 2015.
2 Interview with President Obama, Huffington Post, 21 March 2015.
3 Gil Troy, ‘In Defense of Netanyahu: Appalling, Yes. Racist, No’, Policy Magazine, May–June 2015.
4 ‘Israel’s Election Results’, Independent, 17 March 2015.
5 ‘Israel Election: Netanyahu Claims Victory as Main Rival Concedes’, CNN, 19 March 2015.
6 Jonathan Freedland, ‘Israelis Have a Chance to Dump Netanyahu. I Fear They Won’t Seize It’, Guardian, 6 February 2015.
7 Thomas L. Friedman, ‘Netanyahu Will Make History’, New York Times, 18 March 2015.
30 D-DAY
1 MFA/Statement by PM Netanyahu on Iran, 14 July 2015.
2 Isabel Kershner, ‘Iran Deal Denounced by Netanyahu as ‘Historic Mistake’, New York Times, 14 July 2015.
3 Readout of the President’s Call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, White House, 14 July 2015.
4 New York Times, 14 July 2015.
5 Ibid., 9 November 2015.
6 PMO/Remarks by PM Netanyahu, White House, 9 November 2015.
7 New York Times, 9 November 2015.
8 Ibid.
9 ‘Israel’s leaders Furious over Barak Tapes Describing Aborted Plans to Hit Iran’, Times of Israel, 22 August 2015.
10 Ibid.
11 Quoted from Times of Israel, 17 December 2015.
12 Enoch Powell, Joseph Chamberlain, Thames & Hudson, London, 1977, p. 151.
13 Gil Hoffman, ‘With Full Term Possible, Netanyahu May Outlast Ben-Gurion (and Obama)’, Jerusalem Post, 24 March 2015.
POSTSCRIPT
1 Jonathan Netanyahu, Self-Portrait of a Hero: From the Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu, 1963–1976, Warner Books, New York, 1980, p. 265.