Yair Lapid may be the current Prime Minister of Israel, but that won’t be long. He has mere four months to prove as an incumbent Prime Minister until the Israeli legislative elections this coming November. Lapid has served concurrently as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2021. Before becoming Prime Minister, Lapid served … Read more
Ehud Barak is a general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. He is also the former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and is one of the most decorated soldiers in Israel’s history. Early life and education Ehud Barak was … Read more
For the many generations of Israelis, Arik Einstein is a legend. Even almost a decade after his death in 2013, people still play his songs and sing along with them, keeping his legacy alive. At times, his songs were tender and full of pain, at times humorous, and sometimes frenzied. Yet, somehow, … Read more
Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Israel (2001 – 2006). His public and political life was marked by brilliant and controversial military achievements and political policies. Before entering politics, Sharon had a long military career, first serving for the Haganah and then … Read more
Israel’s 13th Prime Minister and third current Alternate Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, has been in politics since 2006. By profession, he is a software and tech entrepreneur. After four elections in only two years, and with Israel getting stuck in an agonizing stalemate, Bennett seemed unable to reach the power of Israeli … Read more
Shimon Peres was one of the longest-serving and most distinguished politicians in Israel, having been active in politics for more than half a century. Peres was the first person in Israel to have served both as Prime Minister (1984 – 1986 and 1995 – 1996) and President (2007 – 2014). He represented … Read more
Yitzhak Rabin was a politician, statesman, and general who was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel. He was the first native-born prime minister, the second prime minister to die while in office, and the first prime minister in the country to be assassinated. Rabin served in this position for two terms – … Read more
David Ben-Gurion was the principal founder of the State of Israel and the nation’s first Prime Minister and Defense Minister (1948 – 1953, 1955 – 1963). A lifelong advocate of Zionism, he became a prominent Zionist leader and served as the executive head of the World Zionist Organization (1946). Ben-Gurion delivered Israel’s … Read more
Menachem Begin was the sixth Prime Minister of Israel (from 1977 to 1983). He was also the recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, for their achievement of signing a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in 1979. Early life, education and … Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel in its 37th government. He is also the chairman of the right-wing Likud party. He has served in office twice, from 1996 to 1999, from 2009 to 2021, and present since December 2022, making him the longest-serving Prime Minister of Israel. He is … Read more