Bibi

 

I loved Benjamin Netanyahu's autobiography, it was so engaging! And my God, was he a gorgeous guy! His beloved older brother, Yoni, died a hero, rescuing hostages in Entebbe and his brave sacrifice inspired Bibi (there are a lot of Benjamins in his family, everyone has a nickname) to help form an anti-terrorism group named after his brother. He moved into politics and has served as Israel's Prime Minister for many years, most recently being re-elected in December of 2022. 

I have always greatly admired this man, and the nation of Israel as a whole. The anti-Semitism that is creeping back into this country is appalling to me. The Jews are not colonialists who are squatting on the Palestinians' land. Israel belongs to the Jews. It was theirs 4,000 years ago, and in 1948 the world got together after the atrocities of the Holocaust and made right an ancient wrong, giving the land back to its rightful owners. The "country" of Palestine existed briefly between WWI and WWII, part of the British Empire. For some reason a large part of the world thinks that the Jews displaced Palestinians, when nothing could be further from the truth. Bibi has spent his political life fighting for Israel's right to exist. There will never be "peace in the Middle East" because the Palestinians don't believe the Jews have a right to exist, let alone have their own nation. You can't negotiate with folks who think that way, and it's ridiculous for Americans to think they should have to. The amount of interference Israel has had to put up with from our presidents is ridiculous. But through it all Bibi has kept a cool head and done the best to make his small nation one of the best in the entire world. Such a success story!