Bibi Netanyahu grew up in Jerusalem but moved to the US when he was 13. He became fluent in English and had two names for his Israeli friends and family: Bibi and Ben. His father felt that he hadn't been denied academic recognition as a Jew, so took him to America. The American side of Netanyahu is very much there, but it's an instrumental side. It's a shell or a cloak that he puts on when he needs it.
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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