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Section size for Benjamin Netanyahu (44 sections)
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Leader of the Opposition (1993–1996)	6,409	6,409
Prime minister (1996–1999)	36	17,807
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Election defeat	6,177	6,177
Minister of Finance (2003–2005)	5,515	5,515
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Prime minister (2009–2021)	36	97,768
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Third term	20,668	20,668
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Criminal investigations and indictment	10,614	10,614
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Leader of the Opposition (2021–2022)	781	781
Prime minister (2022–present)	38	28,678
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict	20,363	32,656
Bar-Ilan speech	12,293	12,293
Economic views	3,500	3,500
Views on counter-terrorism	5,897	5,897
Death penalty	1,530	1,530
LGBT rights	1,957	1,957
Ethiopian Jewish integration	836	836
African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem	848	848
Iran	13,697	13,697
Bank of China terror financing case	3,672	3,672
Defense and security	4,344	4,344
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Grammar improvement[edit]

You said: "him for imprisoning journalists in a tweet". Surely, that should read: "him in a tweet for imprisoning journalists"

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 30 April 2024[edit]

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Change ..."raised in Jerusalem and Philadelphia..." to "...raised in Philadelphia..".

One cannot be raised in two different places halfway across the world in the first 19 years of their life. He was raised in Philadelphia before going to Tel Aviv to join the IDF.

Also please site the reference for his birthplace. There is no objective evidence showing he was born in Tel Aviv. 45.48.132.107 (talk) 07:44, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Kindly provide sources to establish the reason to change the subject. ☮️Counter-Strike:Mention 269🕉️^{(🗨️ ● ✉️ ● 📔)} 17:00, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lede[edit]

Please do not remove the lede too long tag before addressing this issue. Clearly, the lede is overdetailed and needs a good trim. Makeandtoss (talk) 11:40, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suspected war criminal currently at large[edit]

Definitely should not be included in the first sentence even if were an actual warrant as opposed to a warrant request. Closhund /talk/ 13:22, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah maybe first paragraph. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 20:24, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

He needs to be widely characterized by reliable sources as a "suspected war criminal currently at large" in order for Wikipedia to use that exact wording. Wikipedia cannot say controversial and potentially defamatory things like that if they are not widely supported by reliable sources, per Wikipedia:BLP. JohnR1Roberts (talk) 13:24, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Even if the arrest warrant was issued, this is not something for the first sentence. He would need to be convicted of war crimes and widely characterized as one first for this to be changed. Mellk (talk) 18:47, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there are plenty of people protesting (and maybe a number of commentators?) who call him as a war criminal, but there is WP:NPOV. It would not be correct to say that most reliable sources, and given that this is WP:BLP would need to include very high-quality sources, outright call him a war criminal. This is probably in part due to him not being convicted of war crimes by a court. Of course, there are people as you mentioned who would like to see him face court but this is different and more of a matter of opinion rather than a statement of fact. Mellk (talk) 09:21, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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There is an error in redaction at the beginning of second lead paragraph. Second sentence in paragraph should read (changes in bold):

He returned to Israel in 1967 to join the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Sayeret Matkal special forces as a captain before being honorably discharged.

Could somebody please change it? Thanks--2800:2503:4:DEA7:1:0:C9BA:5F63 (talk) 23:39, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 23:45, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

His real name is Mileikowsky ?[edit]

When i do Google search his name was coming as Mileikowsky (Polish Name) Ricky.martin2786 (talk) 20:24, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

His father's name was Mileikowski: he changed it. It's not Netanyahu's "real name." It's covered in the article. Acroterion (talk) 21:04, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]