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Netanyahu (often pronounced: net-ten-yahoo) is a surname, and may refer to the following members of the Netanyahu family in Israel.

First generation:

• Benzion Netanyahu (b. 1910), scholar of Jewish history, Zionist activist, professor emeritus of Cornell University, author of The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth-Century Spain and other books
• Elisha Netanyahu (1912–1986), Israeli mathematician at the Technion, brother of Benzion
• Shoshana Netanyahu (b. 1923), former Israel Supreme Court justice, wife of Eliasha

Second generation (sons of Benzion Netanyahu):

• Yonatan Netanyahu (1946–1976), Israeli war hero
• Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949), Prime Minister of Israel 1996–1999, and again from March 31, 2009
• Iddo Netanyahu (born 1952), Israeli radiologist, author, and playwright

See also

• Matthew (name)

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