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class="text14"><span></b> <p><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px;">Benjamin Netanyahu</font> is a leading member of the Likud party and served as prime minister of Israel from April 1996 to May 1999. 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Like both of his brothers, Netanyahu served in the elite <a class="bluelink" href="#n" onclick="if(event.shiftKey) {window.open("/articles/0,7340,L-3019532,00.html");return false} else {if (!is_ie5) {x=txt_link("article","3019532","width=800,height=600,toolbar=1,scrollbars=yes,status=1,resizable=1,location=1,menubar=1,left=0,top=0")} else {this.target="_Blank";this.href="/articles/0,7340,L-3019532,00.html"}}" oncontextmenu="this.href="/articles/0,7340,L-3019532,00.html"" ondeactivate="this.href="#n"" onblur="this.href="#n"" onmouseover="window.status="https://web.archive.org/web/20091129090949/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3019532,00.html";return true" onmouseout="window.status="";return" true;>Sayeret Matkal</a> unit of the Israel Defense Forces.</p> <p> </p> <p>Netanyahu was born and raised in Israel, but spent his high school years near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Cheltenham High School. He holds a BS in Architecture and an MS in Management from MIT.</p> <p> </p> <p>During his military service (1967-1972), Netanyahu served in an elite commando unit. He participated in various missions durign the War of Attrition and the rescue of a hijacked Sabena Airlines plane at Ben Gurion Airport.</p> <p> </p> <p>Netanyahu was first elected to the Knesset in 1988 and was appointed deputy foreign minister. 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