Is known throughout Israel by the nickname “Bibi.” Spent his teenage years in the United States; went to high school in Philadelphia. First Israeli prime minister to be born after the state was founded in 1948. Netanyahu’s brother, Yonatan, was killed in action in 1976 while leading a mission to rescue Israeli passengers on a hijacked Air France plane. Netanyahu organized two international conferences on ways to combat terrorism, one in 1979 and another in 1984. Timeline 1976-1978 1982-1984 – Deputy Chief of Mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington. 1984-1988 – Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations. 1988 1988-1991 1991-1992 1993 June 1996-July 1999 – Prime Minister of Israel.