Tuesday, April 20, 2010

32 Days

Did you know? Israel is currently on it's 32nd government in 64 years! The current government body, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was presented to the Knesset on March 31, 2009 and received the Knesset's approval on March 31, 2009 at 11:15pm with a majority vote of 69 votes in favor and 45 votes against.

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, born October 21, 1949, is the first and, to date, only Israeli prime minister born after the State of Israel's foundation. Netanyahu is currently serving his second term as Israel's prime minister - his first term was from 1996-1999. In 1996, the Israeli public quickly lost faith that then Prime Minister Shimon Peres could stop the series of Palestinian terror attacks on Israel's civilian population. Two attacks in particular, those from March 3rd and 4th, 1996, resulted in the deaths of 32 Israelis, and were ultimately the main catalysts in the downfall of Peres and the election of Bibi Netanyahu to his first term.
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