Yoni Netanyahu was shot dead in the Antebia hostage rescue mission. He has been more commemorated than anyone else in Israel's history. Yoni became a spokesperson for the family myth that he could have been greatest leader of Jewish people if he'd lived. The operation was even renamed to Operation Jonathan in his name because he wasn't there.
This week's Intelligence Squared podcast features Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz journalist and author of Bibi - The Turbulent Life And Times Of Benjamin Netanyahu in conversation with Catherine Philp, diplomatic correspondent on The Times. In this in-depth podcast on the leadership and story of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they discuss the state of modern Israel and the future of the Middle East.
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