Maj. Gen. David Zini was dismissed from military for going behind IDF chief's back to hold talks with the premier on replacing Ronen Bar as head of the Shin Bet The post Netanyahu’s Shin Bet chief pick calls himself ‘messianic’ in farewell ceremony from IDF appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv in 1949. He began as a young soldier in elite units of the Israeli army, participating throughout the 1960s in different combat operations at a very high level.

He is facing three separate cases filed in 2019, which include charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, all of which he denies.

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It comes after Middle East envoy Witkoff said earlier this week that he was optimistic about brokering an agreement to end more than 19 months of war in Gaza. View on euronews

Netanyahu’s current coalition, despite the colossal failure of October 7, has already outlasted about 75% of its predecessors.

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Israel’s ruling coalition is facing its most serious crisis yet. Two of the country’s ultra-Orthodox parties — United Torah Judaism and Shas — announced they are quitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government over proposed changes to long-standing rules that exempt ultra-Orthodox students from Israel’s military draft.