I'm Aiton Weinstein.

And I'm Naor Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

Few figures in Israeli politics, or in global politics, for that matter, aroused such

extreme levels of both antagonism and die-hard support as the man the world has come to

know as Bebe. Benjamin Netanyahu was the inheritor of a long dormant dynasty known as the

revisionist movement, which eventually developed into the Likud, Israel's current ruling political party.

Every human who rises to such levels of fame and infamy

becomes to a certain degree mythological, but not too many people know the story of the man

behind the myth. Today, by many, Bibi is seen as the inexorable protector of Zion, the ultimate

diplomat, the only man fit to lead the Jewish people. By many

others, he's foregone all ethical and moral boundaries and is destined to doom our nation. But before

Benjamin Netanyahu was all these things, before he was prime minister of Israel, he was a kid,

enchanted by his older brother Yoni. He was a furniture

salesman, a two-time divorcee. He was Ben Nitae studying architecture at MIT. Today, embroiled in

corruption allegations and staving off a world of condemnations, it's hard to see Beebe as much else

than transcendent good or evil.

But that won't stop us from trying.

Anshilfefer has been writing for the Ha'arets group for over 20 years

and has recently published his biography titled Beebe,

The Turbulent Life in Times of Benjamin Netanyam.

We're very excited to be joined by Anshel Pfeffer to discuss the man, the legend, BB.

Okay, guys, before we get to the episode today, let me tell you about our friends over at the University of Hamburg.

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