Netanyahu: Israel's longest-serving premier fights for his future

JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu has become Israel's longest-serving prime minister with his right-wing leadership and by repeatedly besting rivals with deft political moves, but he will have to pull another rabbit out of the hat in Tuesday's elections.

True to form, he issued a last-minute pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if re-elected, which many saw as a play for vital right-wing nationalist votes. Netanyahu frequently talks openly about Israel's air war in Syria against Israel's archfoe Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv in 1949 less than 18 months after Israel's creation.WOUNDED IN COMBAT

He performed his Israeli military service with an elite unit and was wounded in combat, but another family member's service affected him more deeply.

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