Benjamin Netanyahu's American Persona

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.

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