PDF Bibi: My Story

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Bibi
My
Story
Description
In Benjamin 8220Bii8221Netanyahu8217s8220c
opelling8221(The Economist) and
8220facinating8221(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
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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 Israel8217sindependence
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 schools8212whre
they learned to appreciate the United
States8212beore returning to their cherished
homeland. The brothers joined an elite special
forces outfit of the Israeli Defense Forces known
as 8220thUnit.8221At 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
Yoni8217slegacy 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
Israel8217shistory8212anhonor 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 Israel8217seconomy, 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
diplomacy8212inluding his struggle against the
radical forces that threaten Israel and the world
at large, and the decisive events that led to
Israel8217sgroundbreaking 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.