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Benjamin Netanyahu

2012-07-22T13:06:38Z

Antwan: /* Early Life and Education */

[[Image:Netanyahu.jpg|right|Prime Minister Netanyahu|thumb]]
'''Benjamin Netanyahu''' (born October 21, 1949) is the [[conservative]] Prime Minister of [[Israel]], who in 1997 negotiated a partial withdrawal by Israeli settlers from [[Hebron]], which is on the [[West Bank]].

His brother, Yonatan, was killed in 1976. Yonatan was the field commander of the raid on [[Entebbe]], an operation to free hostages of an Air France flight highjacked by Islamists. He was the only Israeli commando casualty of the operation.

==Early Life and Education==

Raised in [[Jerusalem]], Benjamin Netanyahu received his high school education in the United States when he moved with his parents to Cheltenham, [[Pennsylvania]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]]. To this day Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks fluent English with an American accent. Even as an adult, he is often referred to as his boyhood nickname "Bibi".<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/02/20/idUSL8592809 FACTBOX-Five facts about Benjamin Netanyahu] Reuters, February 20, 2009</ref> Additionally, Netanyahu's father was a professor of Jewish history at [[Cornell University]]. He returned to Israel in 1967 and enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces and participated in the Yom Kippur War, where he reached the rank of captain. Netanyahu would go on to continue to live in the United States when he received a Bachelor's degree in architecture from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1975, a Master's degree in business management from MIT, and would go on to study political science at MIT and [[Harvard University]]. Netanyahu joined a Boston Consulting Group, an international business consulting firm and later senior management of Rim Industries in Jerusalem.

==Political Career==

In 1979 and 1984 Mr. Netanyahu initiated two international conferences that emphasized the need to fight against terrorist organizations and regimes that provide them support. Members included Vice President [[George H.W. Bush]] and Secretary of State [[George Shultz]]. <ref>http://www.zionism-israel.com/bio/Benjamin_Nethanyahu.htm</ref> After serving as deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC., he was appointed Israel's ambassador to the [[United Nations]]. During his tenure he fought for the declassification of the United Nations archives on crimes committed by [[Nazi]] [[Germany]].

==Prime Minister of Israel==

In 1988, Netanyahu returned to Israel and was elected as a member of the [[Knesset]], the legislator of Israel. During the 1991 [[Persian Gulf War]] Netanyahu was a member of Israeli delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference, which was the first direct negotiations between Israel and [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], and a joint [[Jordanian]]-[[Palestinian]] delegation. In 1993, Netanyahu became chairman of the right-of-center Likud party. He was elected Israel's 9th Prime Minister in 1996 and sworn in after the approval of the Knesset. During his three year term the number of terror attacks in Israel drastically decreased. On economics he governed as a free-market conservative, accelerated privatization of government-owned companies and reduced the budget deficit. By the time of Netanyahu's reelection he had alienated the political left, while also the political right for his negotiations with [[Yasser Arafat]] and the Palestinians. He was defeated in May 1999 by Ehud Barak.
[[Image:BenjaminNetanyahu452.jpg|right|Benjamin Netanyahu press conference, 02/20/09.|thumb]]
From 2003 through 2005 Netanyahu served as Finance Minister in the [[Ariel Sharon]] administration. He advocated policies that reduced government, strengthened the private sector, cut taxes, and privatized pensions. During his tenure [[unemployment]] dropped and the Israeli economy went from shrinking 1% to growing 4.2% in 2004. <ref>http://www.netanyahu.org/biography.html</ref> On February 10, 2009 legislative elections, the right-wing parties won a majority of seats in the Knesset, and they selected Netanyahu to serve a second term as Prime Minister. He was sworn in on March 13, 2009.

==2009 Speech at the United Nations==

On September 24, 2009 Prime Minister Netanyahu blasted Iranian President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], a supporter of [[Islamic]] fundamentalism and is developing [[nuclear]] technology, possibly for nuclear weapons. The following is an excerpt from his speech.

"Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their ancestral homeland.

I stand here today as the Prime Minister of Israel, the Jewish state, and I speak to you on behalf of my country and my people.

The United Nations was founded after the carnage of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust. It was charged with preventing the recurrence of such horrendous events.
[[File:Netanyahu and wife with Obamas.jpg|thumb|left|Netanyahu and wife with Obama and Michelle at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, 2009.]]
Nothing has undermined that central mission more than the systematic assault on the truth. Yesterday the President of Iran stood at this very podium, spewing his latest anti-Semitic rants. Just a few days earlier, he again claimed that the Holocaust is a lie.

Yesterday, the man who calls the Holocaust a lie spoke from this podium. To those who refused to come here and to those who left this room in protest, I commend you. You stood up for moral clarity and you brought honor to your countries.

But to those who gave this Holocaust-denier a hearing, I say on behalf of my people, the Jewish people, and decent people everywhere: Have you no shame? Have you no decency?

A mere six decades after the Holocaust, you give legitimacy to a man who denies that the murder of six million Jews took place and pledges to wipe out the Jewish state.

What a disgrace! What a mockery of the charter of the United Nations! Perhaps some of you think that this man and his odious regime threaten only the Jews. You’re wrong.

History has shown us time and again that what starts with attacks on the Jews eventually ends up engulfing many others.

This Iranian regime is fueled by an extreme fundamentalism that burst onto the world scene three decades ago after lying dormant for centuries. In the past thirty years, this fanaticism has swept the globe with a murderous violence and cold-blooded impartiality in its choice of victims. It has callously slaughtered Moslems and Christians, Jews and Hindus, and many others. Though it is comprised of different offshoots, the adherents of this unforgiving creed seek to return humanity to medieval times.

The most urgent challenge facing this body is to prevent the tyrants of Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Are the member states of the United Nations up to that challenge? Will the international community confront a despotism that terrorizes its own people as they bravely stand up for freedom?

Will it take action against the dictators who stole an election in broad daylight and gunned down Iranian protesters who died in the streets choking in their own blood? Will the international community thwart the world’s most pernicious sponsors and practitioners of terrorism?

Above all, will the international community stop the terrorist regime of Iran from developing atomic weapons, thereby endangering the peace of the entire world?

The people of Iran are courageously standing up to this regime. People of goodwill around the world stand with them, as do the thousands who have been protesting outside this hall. Will the United Nations stand by their side?" <ref>http://ironicsurrealism.blogivists.com/2009/09/24/transcript-israel-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-un-general-assembly-speech-9-24-09/</ref>

==Books by Natanyahu==
*''Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic And International Terrorism'' (Diane Pub Co, 1995). ISBN 0-7881-5514-8

*''A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place Among the Nations'' (Warner Books, 1993 and 2000). ISBN 0-446-52306-2

== Quotes ==

*‎"If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Px8YAQAAIAAJ&q=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&dq=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&hl=en&ei=O-4gTYeXI4a0lQew0tzXDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA The Bulletin, J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 2006]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.netanyahu.org.il/ Benjamin Netanyahu's blog]

==References==
{{reflist|}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Netanyahu, Benjamin}}

[[Category:Prime Ministers of Israel]]

Benjamin Netanyahu

2012-07-22T13:05:48Z

Antwan: /* Early Life and Education */

[[Image:Netanyahu.jpg|right|Prime Minister Netanyahu|thumb]]
'''Benjamin Netanyahu''' (born October 21, 1949) is the [[conservative]] Prime Minister of [[Israel]], who in 1997 negotiated a partial withdrawal by Israeli settlers from [[Hebron]], which is on the [[West Bank]].

His brother, Yonatan, was killed in 1976. Yonatan was the field commander of the raid on [[Entebbe]], an operation to free hostages of an Air France flight highjacked by Islamists. He was the only Israeli commando casualty of the operation.

==Early Life and Education==

Raised in [[Jerusalem]], Benjamin Netanyahu received his high school education in the United States when he moved with his parents to Cheltenham, [[Pennsylvania]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]]. To this day Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks fluent English with an American accent. Even as an adult, he is often referred to as his boyhood knickname "Bibi".<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/02/20/idUSL8592809 FACTBOX-Five facts about Benjamin Netanyahu] Reuters, February 20, 2009</ref> Additionally, Netanyahu's father was a professor of Jewish history at [[Cornell University]]. He returned to Israel in 1967 and enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces and participated in the Yom Kippur War, where he reached the rank of captain. Netanyahu would go on to continue to live in the United States when he received a Bachelor's degree in architecture from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1975, a Master's degree in business management from MIT, and would go on to study political science at MIT and [[Harvard University]]. Netanyahu joined a Boston Consulting Group, an international business consulting firm and later senior management of Rim Industries in Jerusalem.

==Political Career==

In 1979 and 1984 Mr. Netanyahu initiated two international conferences that emphasized the need to fight against terrorist organizations and regimes that provide them support. Members included Vice President [[George H.W. Bush]] and Secretary of State [[George Shultz]]. <ref>http://www.zionism-israel.com/bio/Benjamin_Nethanyahu.htm</ref> After serving as deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC., he was appointed Israel's ambassador to the [[United Nations]]. During his tenure he fought for the declassification of the United Nations archives on crimes committed by [[Nazi]] [[Germany]].

==Prime Minister of Israel==

In 1988, Netanyahu returned to Israel and was elected as a member of the [[Knesset]], the legislator of Israel. During the 1991 [[Persian Gulf War]] Netanyahu was a member of Israeli delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference, which was the first direct negotiations between Israel and [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], and a joint [[Jordanian]]-[[Palestinian]] delegation. In 1993, Netanyahu became chairman of the right-of-center Likud party. He was elected Israel's 9th Prime Minister in 1996 and sworn in after the approval of the Knesset. During his three year term the number of terror attacks in Israel drastically decreased. On economics he governed as a free-market conservative, accelerated privatization of government-owned companies and reduced the budget deficit. By the time of Netanyahu's reelection he had alienated the political left, while also the political right for his negotiations with [[Yasser Arafat]] and the Palestinians. He was defeated in May 1999 by Ehud Barak.
[[Image:BenjaminNetanyahu452.jpg|right|Benjamin Netanyahu press conference, 02/20/09.|thumb]]
From 2003 through 2005 Netanyahu served as Finance Minister in the [[Ariel Sharon]] administration. He advocated policies that reduced government, strengthened the private sector, cut taxes, and privatized pensions. During his tenure [[unemployment]] dropped and the Israeli economy went from shrinking 1% to growing 4.2% in 2004. <ref>http://www.netanyahu.org/biography.html</ref> On February 10, 2009 legislative elections, the right-wing parties won a majority of seats in the Knesset, and they selected Netanyahu to serve a second term as Prime Minister. He was sworn in on March 13, 2009.

==2009 Speech at the United Nations==

On September 24, 2009 Prime Minister Netanyahu blasted Iranian President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], a supporter of [[Islamic]] fundamentalism and is developing [[nuclear]] technology, possibly for nuclear weapons. The following is an excerpt from his speech.

"Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their ancestral homeland.

I stand here today as the Prime Minister of Israel, the Jewish state, and I speak to you on behalf of my country and my people.

The United Nations was founded after the carnage of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust. It was charged with preventing the recurrence of such horrendous events.
[[File:Netanyahu and wife with Obamas.jpg|thumb|left|Netanyahu and wife with Obama and Michelle at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, 2009.]]
Nothing has undermined that central mission more than the systematic assault on the truth. Yesterday the President of Iran stood at this very podium, spewing his latest anti-Semitic rants. Just a few days earlier, he again claimed that the Holocaust is a lie.

Yesterday, the man who calls the Holocaust a lie spoke from this podium. To those who refused to come here and to those who left this room in protest, I commend you. You stood up for moral clarity and you brought honor to your countries.

But to those who gave this Holocaust-denier a hearing, I say on behalf of my people, the Jewish people, and decent people everywhere: Have you no shame? Have you no decency?

A mere six decades after the Holocaust, you give legitimacy to a man who denies that the murder of six million Jews took place and pledges to wipe out the Jewish state.

What a disgrace! What a mockery of the charter of the United Nations! Perhaps some of you think that this man and his odious regime threaten only the Jews. You’re wrong.

History has shown us time and again that what starts with attacks on the Jews eventually ends up engulfing many others.

This Iranian regime is fueled by an extreme fundamentalism that burst onto the world scene three decades ago after lying dormant for centuries. In the past thirty years, this fanaticism has swept the globe with a murderous violence and cold-blooded impartiality in its choice of victims. It has callously slaughtered Moslems and Christians, Jews and Hindus, and many others. Though it is comprised of different offshoots, the adherents of this unforgiving creed seek to return humanity to medieval times.

The most urgent challenge facing this body is to prevent the tyrants of Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Are the member states of the United Nations up to that challenge? Will the international community confront a despotism that terrorizes its own people as they bravely stand up for freedom?

Will it take action against the dictators who stole an election in broad daylight and gunned down Iranian protesters who died in the streets choking in their own blood? Will the international community thwart the world’s most pernicious sponsors and practitioners of terrorism?

Above all, will the international community stop the terrorist regime of Iran from developing atomic weapons, thereby endangering the peace of the entire world?

The people of Iran are courageously standing up to this regime. People of goodwill around the world stand with them, as do the thousands who have been protesting outside this hall. Will the United Nations stand by their side?" <ref>http://ironicsurrealism.blogivists.com/2009/09/24/transcript-israel-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-un-general-assembly-speech-9-24-09/</ref>

==Books by Natanyahu==
*''Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic And International Terrorism'' (Diane Pub Co, 1995). ISBN 0-7881-5514-8

*''A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place Among the Nations'' (Warner Books, 1993 and 2000). ISBN 0-446-52306-2

== Quotes ==

*‎"If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Px8YAQAAIAAJ&q=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&dq=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&hl=en&ei=O-4gTYeXI4a0lQew0tzXDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA The Bulletin, J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 2006]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.netanyahu.org.il/ Benjamin Netanyahu's blog]

==References==
{{reflist|}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Netanyahu, Benjamin}}

[[Category:Prime Ministers of Israel]]

Benjamin Netanyahu

2012-07-22T13:04:11Z

Antwan:

[[Image:Netanyahu.jpg|right|Prime Minister Netanyahu|thumb]]
'''Benjamin Netanyahu''' (born October 21, 1949) is the [[conservative]] Prime Minister of [[Israel]], who in 1997 negotiated a partial withdrawal by Israeli settlers from [[Hebron]], which is on the [[West Bank]].

His brother, Yonatan, was killed in 1976. Yonatan was the field commander of the raid on [[Entebbe]], an operation to free hostages of an Air France flight highjacked by Islamists. He was the only Israeli commando casualty of the operation.

==Early Life and Education==

Raised in [[Jerusalem]], Benjamin Netanyahu received his high school education in the United States when he moved with his parents to Cheltenham, [[Pennsylvania]], a suburb of [[Philadelphia]]. To this day Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks fluent English with an American accent. Even as an adult, he is often referred to his boyhood knickname "Bibi".<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/02/20/idUSL8592809 FACTBOX-Five facts about Benjamin Netanyahu] Reuters, February 20, 2009</ref> Additionally, Netanyahu's father was a professor of Jewish history at [[Cornell University]]. He returned to Israel in 1967 and enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces and participated in the Yom Kippur War, where he reached the rank of captain. Netanyahu would go on to continue to live in the United States when he received a Bachelor's degree in architecture from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1975, a Master's degree in business management from MIT, and would go on to study political science at MIT and [[Harvard University]]. Netanyahu joined a Boston Consulting Group, an international business consulting firm and later senior management of Rim Industries in Jerusalem.

==Political Career==

In 1979 and 1984 Mr. Netanyahu initiated two international conferences that emphasized the need to fight against terrorist organizations and regimes that provide them support. Members included Vice President [[George H.W. Bush]] and Secretary of State [[George Shultz]]. <ref>http://www.zionism-israel.com/bio/Benjamin_Nethanyahu.htm</ref> After serving as deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC., he was appointed Israel's ambassador to the [[United Nations]]. During his tenure he fought for the declassification of the United Nations archives on crimes committed by [[Nazi]] [[Germany]].

==Prime Minister of Israel==

In 1988, Netanyahu returned to Israel and was elected as a member of the [[Knesset]], the legislator of Israel. During the 1991 [[Persian Gulf War]] Netanyahu was a member of Israeli delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference, which was the first direct negotiations between Israel and [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], and a joint [[Jordanian]]-[[Palestinian]] delegation. In 1993, Netanyahu became chairman of the right-of-center Likud party. He was elected Israel's 9th Prime Minister in 1996 and sworn in after the approval of the Knesset. During his three year term the number of terror attacks in Israel drastically decreased. On economics he governed as a free-market conservative, accelerated privatization of government-owned companies and reduced the budget deficit. By the time of Netanyahu's reelection he had alienated the political left, while also the political right for his negotiations with [[Yasser Arafat]] and the Palestinians. He was defeated in May 1999 by Ehud Barak.
[[Image:BenjaminNetanyahu452.jpg|right|Benjamin Netanyahu press conference, 02/20/09.|thumb]]
From 2003 through 2005 Netanyahu served as Finance Minister in the [[Ariel Sharon]] administration. He advocated policies that reduced government, strengthened the private sector, cut taxes, and privatized pensions. During his tenure [[unemployment]] dropped and the Israeli economy went from shrinking 1% to growing 4.2% in 2004. <ref>http://www.netanyahu.org/biography.html</ref> On February 10, 2009 legislative elections, the right-wing parties won a majority of seats in the Knesset, and they selected Netanyahu to serve a second term as Prime Minister. He was sworn in on March 13, 2009.

==2009 Speech at the United Nations==

On September 24, 2009 Prime Minister Netanyahu blasted Iranian President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], a supporter of [[Islamic]] fundamentalism and is developing [[nuclear]] technology, possibly for nuclear weapons. The following is an excerpt from his speech.

"Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their ancestral homeland.

I stand here today as the Prime Minister of Israel, the Jewish state, and I speak to you on behalf of my country and my people.

The United Nations was founded after the carnage of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust. It was charged with preventing the recurrence of such horrendous events.
[[File:Netanyahu and wife with Obamas.jpg|thumb|left|Netanyahu and wife with Obama and Michelle at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, 2009.]]
Nothing has undermined that central mission more than the systematic assault on the truth. Yesterday the President of Iran stood at this very podium, spewing his latest anti-Semitic rants. Just a few days earlier, he again claimed that the Holocaust is a lie.

Yesterday, the man who calls the Holocaust a lie spoke from this podium. To those who refused to come here and to those who left this room in protest, I commend you. You stood up for moral clarity and you brought honor to your countries.

But to those who gave this Holocaust-denier a hearing, I say on behalf of my people, the Jewish people, and decent people everywhere: Have you no shame? Have you no decency?

A mere six decades after the Holocaust, you give legitimacy to a man who denies that the murder of six million Jews took place and pledges to wipe out the Jewish state.

What a disgrace! What a mockery of the charter of the United Nations! Perhaps some of you think that this man and his odious regime threaten only the Jews. You’re wrong.

History has shown us time and again that what starts with attacks on the Jews eventually ends up engulfing many others.

This Iranian regime is fueled by an extreme fundamentalism that burst onto the world scene three decades ago after lying dormant for centuries. In the past thirty years, this fanaticism has swept the globe with a murderous violence and cold-blooded impartiality in its choice of victims. It has callously slaughtered Moslems and Christians, Jews and Hindus, and many others. Though it is comprised of different offshoots, the adherents of this unforgiving creed seek to return humanity to medieval times.

The most urgent challenge facing this body is to prevent the tyrants of Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Are the member states of the United Nations up to that challenge? Will the international community confront a despotism that terrorizes its own people as they bravely stand up for freedom?

Will it take action against the dictators who stole an election in broad daylight and gunned down Iranian protesters who died in the streets choking in their own blood? Will the international community thwart the world’s most pernicious sponsors and practitioners of terrorism?

Above all, will the international community stop the terrorist regime of Iran from developing atomic weapons, thereby endangering the peace of the entire world?

The people of Iran are courageously standing up to this regime. People of goodwill around the world stand with them, as do the thousands who have been protesting outside this hall. Will the United Nations stand by their side?" <ref>http://ironicsurrealism.blogivists.com/2009/09/24/transcript-israel-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-un-general-assembly-speech-9-24-09/</ref>

==Books by Natanyahu==
*''Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic And International Terrorism'' (Diane Pub Co, 1995). ISBN 0-7881-5514-8

*''A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place Among the Nations'' (Warner Books, 1993 and 2000). ISBN 0-446-52306-2

== Quotes ==

*‎"If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Px8YAQAAIAAJ&q=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&dq=%E2%80%8E%22+If+the+Arabs+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+violence.+If+the+Jews+put+down+their+weapons+today,+there+would+be+no+more+Israel+.%22&hl=en&ei=O-4gTYeXI4a0lQew0tzXDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA The Bulletin, J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 2006]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.netanyahu.org.il/ Benjamin Netanyahu's blog]

==References==
{{reflist|}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Netanyahu, Benjamin}}

[[Category:Prime Ministers of Israel]]

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

2012-07-22T12:47:33Z

Antwan:

'''Kathleen Kennedy Townsend''' was born July 1951. She is the eldest child of the late [[Senator Robert F. Kennedy]], the brother of [[President John F. Kennedy]]. Two days after President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Kathleen's father Robert wrote his 12-year-old daughter a note on White House stationery: "As the oldest of the next generation you have a particular responsibility... Be kind to others and work for your country. Love, Daddy."<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/07/26/kennedy.townsend.html Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Just like her father?]</ref>

She is married to David Lee Townsend <ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/kennedys/ PBS – American Exprience: “The Kennedys”]</ref> and they have four daughters.<ref>[http://www.theatlantic.com/kathleen-kennedy-townsend/#bio KATHLEEN KENNEDY TOWNSEND – The Atlantic]</ref> Her family nicknames include “The Nun” and “Clean Kennedy".<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/07/26/kennedy.townsend.html Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Just like her father?]</ref>

==David Brock, American Bridge and Rock Creek Group==

Kathleen and David co-founded [[American Bridge 21st Century]] in 2010.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/us/politics/23money.html?_r=1 Effort for Liberal Balance to G.O.P. Groups Begins]</ref> American Bridge was set up to raise and spend unlimited funds to influence the upcoming 2012 elections on behalf of Democrats. According to Newsmax.com, "American Bridge 21st Century was founded by David Brock, head of the George Soros-supported Media Matters for America, which is a so-called media watchdog group that has basically been on a mission to destroy Fox News and other perceived enemies of its liberal agenda."<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/Hirsen/hollywood-campaign-jeffrey-katzenberg/2011/08/01/id/405550 Hollywood Bucks Pour Into Liberal Campaign Groups]</ref> Upon founding American Bridge, Kennedy Townsend proclaimed “I want to compete dollar to a dollar with the Republicans and I want to beat them.”<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/12/kathleen-kennedy-townsend-american-bridge-david-brock-2012-group/ Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Hopes New Democratic Fundraising Group Will Avert Another ‘Disaster’ In 2012]</ref>

In addition to her American Bridge 21st Century duties, Kennedy Townsend also serves as Senior Advisor to [[Rock Creek Group]], a leading hedge fund who derives much of its revenue by managing investments for multi-billion dollar state pension funds. The hedge fund has strong ties to Democrats. Hedge funds such as Rock Creek Group are very popular sources of donations, funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to Democratic candidates and tax-exempt organizations like American Bridge 21st Century.

Rock Creek Group and other hedge funds like them contribute far more to Democrats than they do to Republicans.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/background.php?ind=F2700 Hedge Funds: Background]</ref><ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Business/largest-hedge-fund-donors-show-bipartisan-support-democrats/story?id=10425809 Largest Hedge Fund Political Donations Go to Democrats]</ref><ref>[http://influenceexplorer.com/industry/hedge-funds/d0be0c7e003248698d32c11a69e29eed Hedge Funds: Republicans vs. Democrats]</ref>

==In Early Life==
Kennedy Townsend grew up the eldest of 11 children. Like a typical Kennedy, Kathleen grew up with all the privileges of money and power. She attended the prestigious Putney School in Vermont and [[Harvard]]. She later graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law and received her J.D. in 1978. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_Townsend Kathleen Kennedy Townsend via Wikipedia]</ref><ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/ltgov/former/html/msa12084.html Maryland State Archives: former Lt. Governors]</ref>
Also like many Kennedys, she has experienced her share of tragedies. Oddly enough her name was given to her in honor of her aunt whom she never met named Kathleen Cavendish, who died in a plane crash 1948. Other Kennedys have been in plane crashes as well such as her uncle Senator [[Ted Kennedy]]<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=8271369 Edward M. Kennedy Escaped Death in 1964]</ref> and cousin John Kennedy Jr., who died in a plane crash in 1999.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/jfkjr/stories.htm Coverage of the JFK Jr. Tragedy]</ref>

==In Politics==
Based on her track record, American Bridge 21st Century’s chances of succeeding are slim. Kennedy Townsend has not been successful on her own politically. She ran for the US House of Representatives in 1984 and lost in a landslide 59% to 41%, the first Kennedy to lose a general election. She was elected Maryland Lieutenant Governor from 1995 to 2003. She was the running mate of Governor Parris Glendening and she benefitted mightily by being on a joint ticket.

When she ran for Governor for in 2002, she was defeated by Republican Robert Ehrlich, the first Republican governor for Maryland in almost 40 years. The election was supposed to be a slam dunk for Kennedy Townsend and the Democrats. According to CNN, “Townsend, Glendening's deputy, was supposed to benefit from her party's voter registration edge, her formidable war chest and her famous family name (she's the daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy). But she stumbled frequently during the campaign, failing to invigorate the party's base.”<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/elec02.md.g.hotrace/index.html Ehrlich wins in Maryland's governor's race]</ref>

In 2008, bucking the rest of the Kennedy family such as Senator Ted Kennedy, she endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]] in the Democratic Primary. David Brock actively supported Hillary Clinton as well.

As we know, Clinton ultimately lost to [[Barack Obama]]. Because they backed Hillary Clinton so strongly, neither Kathleen nor David Brock have not been wholeheartedly embraced by the Obama backers who are currently in power.

==Other Activities==
Kennedy Towsend is the author of “How Today's Churches Mixed God with Politics and Lost Their Way”<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Failing-Americas-Faithful-Churches-Politics/dp/B001JJBOHO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304971068&sr=8-1 Book: "Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way"]</ref> She has also sat on several boards and advisory councils over the years. She is Chair of the Institute for Human Virology at the University of Maryland. She is on the boards of directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, the Points of Light Foundation, Catholic Democrats and the [[Center for American Progress]]. Townsend is also a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and the Inter-American Dialogue.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_Townsend Kathleen Kennedy Townsend via Wikipedia]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://foundationbios.com FoundationBios.com]

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Jeremy Lin

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'''Jeremy Lin''' is a basketball player for the [[Houston Rockets]] in the [[NBA]], after being the starting point guard for the [[New York Knicks]] during the 2011-2012 season. A [[Christian]] and Taiwanese-American, Lin was repeatedly overlooked by college and pro teams, but excelled when he finally had a chance to start and in a matter of days became one of the most popular players in the NBA.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/08/SP5G1N509O.DTL</ref> Lin wears a Christian wristband to emphasize his strong [[faith]], and is an outspoken supporter of [[Tim Tebow]].

Growing up in Palo Alto, [[California]], Lin excelled at basketball (as well as academics) in high school, but was not offered an athletic scholarship for college and wound up attending Harvard. Lin was named to the All-Ivy League First Team his Junior and Senior seasons.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/jeremy-lin-20759827] Biography.com</ref> After being again passed up by the NBA draft, and after being signed and cut by both the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets, Lin ended up on the New York Knicks.

On February 4, 2012, outspoken Lin came off the bench [http://www.nba.com/games/20120204/NJNNYK/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore] but ended up playing nearly 36 minutes (of a 48 minute game) and leading the Knicks to victory, beginning what became a seven game winning streak for the then 8-17 squad. The next day he made his first career start, and led his team in scoring and assists as they won again despite the loss of star player Carmelo Anthony to injury. Lin has continued to excel and his team has continued to win, while his team has at times been without both Anthony and [[Amare Stoudemire]], their other highly paid star player.

Jeremy Lin's "clutch free throw with 4.9 seconds remaining punctuated another 20-point performance and secured a 100-98 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center, where the team's largest crowd in eight years" watched the Knicks' 5th straight win after the undrafted [[Evangelical Christian|evangelical]] Lin took over the 8-15 team.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/story/2012-02-11/Lin-takes-Knicks-into-Target-Center-vs-Minnesota-Timberwolves/53053022/1</ref>

Widely acknowledged to be a hard working player, Lin credited his Christian faith with his attitude, telling Patheos reporter Timothy Dalrymple:

"''Slowly, God revealed more to me. I started learning how to trust in Him, not to focus so much on whether I win or lose but to have faith that God has a perfect plan. For me to put more of an emphasis on my attitude and the way that I play, rather than my stats or whether we win a championship. I learned more about a godly work ethic and a godly attitude, in terms of being humble, putting others above yourself, being respectful to refs and opponents. There are really so many ways you can apply your faith to basketball.''"[http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Faith-and-Fate-of-Jeremy-Lin?offset=1&max=1]

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Tim Tebow

2012-07-22T12:31:29Z

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[[File:Tim Tebow.jpg|right|150px]]
'''Timothy Richard "Tim" Tebow''' (born August 14, 1987) is an [[American]] [[football]] player who initially gained fame while playing for the [[University of Florida]] Gators. He was the first sophomore to win the [[Heisman Trophy]] and led the Gators to two [[BCS]] Championships during his four years playing for UF in Gainesville, which is extremely rare.

He was selected by the [[Denver Broncos]] as the 25th pick of the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. In 2011, with the team in last place, the Broncos decided to start Tebow as quarterback. A solidly built quaterback, Tim is 6'3" and weighs about 240 pounds.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/tim-tebow-20786869] Biography.com</ref> Tebow had an impressive seven-game winning streak, and took the Broncos to the division championship and a home-game appearance in the playoffs. He led them to a stunning upset victory over the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] (headed by Hollywood-values quarterback [[Ben Roethlisberger]]) with 316 passing yards for an average of 31.6 yards per toss, confounding his critics and causing a million searches on the internet for the meaning of [[John_1-7_(Translated)#Chapter_3|John 3:16]].<ref>The Broncos were subsequently eliminated by the team favored to win (but ended up losing) the [[Super Bowl]], the [[New England Patriots]].</ref>

The Broncos, perhaps to appease [[Colorado]] [[liberals]], found a way to trade Tebow without infuriating his numerous fans. The Broncos signed a neck-injured, elderly quarterback [[Peyton Manning]] to a deal costing nearly $100 million, and then immediately traded Tebow to the [[New York Jets]]. As the trade was finalized, on March 22, Tebow arrived in Morristown, New Jersey (near where the Jets train) amid much media publicity and fan support.

'''''Tebow is one of [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Sports Stars|Conservapedia's Greatest Conservative Sports Stars]] and was a runner-up for [[Conservative of the Year 2011]]'''''.

==Personal life==
Tebow was [[homeschooled]] until college. He is an outspoken [[pro-lifer]], and his mother had been told to have an [[abortion]] rather than to give birth to him. Tebow appeared in a pro-life television ad that aired during the 2010 [[Super Bowl]], risking retaliation against his career by [[pro-aborts]] and the [[liberal media]].<ref>http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0127/Tim-Tebow-Super-Bowl-ad-an-astonishingly-bold-stand</ref>

Tebow gives frequent interviews to the liberal media and often leaves them speechless. He answered a highly personal question at a press conference about his sex life by revealing that he practices [[abstinence]]:<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/090724&sportCat=ncf</ref>
{{cquote|I think you're stunned right now. You can't even ask a question. ... I was ready for that question, but I don't think ya'll were.}}

Tebow volunteers on mission trips, one of which in the summer of 2008 to the [[Philippines]] was chronicled in an issue of the ''ESPN Magazine''.

His faith in [[Christ]] is a well-known fact inside and outside the sports world.

==Tebowing==
Tebowing is the act of kneeling on one knee, resting your head on your fist and giving thanks. It is named for Tebow's fashion of public prayer, although some Christian critics have denounced such open practice as this, citing Matthew 6, verses 5 and 6.
''<blockquote>
And when you pray, don't be like the hypocrites. They love to pray when standing in the synagogues and in the street corners, so that they may be seen by men. I tell you truly: They will get what's coming to them. But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
</blockquote>''
However, Tebow's act can be considered simply an expression of faith and thanks, rather than a prayer. That Tebow bows to God on the field does not mean that he does not also pray to him in private.

== References ==

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== External Links ==

* [http://www.timtebow.com/ Official website of Tim Tebow]
* [http://www.timtebowfoundation.org/ The Tim Tebow Foundation]

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