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Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel, 1996 to 1999 and 2009 to present

Subject of an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity

Israel's longest-serving prime minister has pushed market-oriented economic reforms and a hard line on security. He faces corruption trials, and the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in 2024.

Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly strength-first on war and peace, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly free market on economy.

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Where Benjamin Netanyahu sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Benjamin Netanyahu

Sanae Takaichi Prime Minister of Japan, 2025 to present85%George W. Bush US President, 2001 to 200982%John Howard Prime Minister of Australia, 1996 to 200778%Margaret Thatcher UK Prime Minister, 1979 to 199077%Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India, 2014 to present77%José Antonio Kast President of Chile, 2026 to present77%

Leaders furthest from Benjamin Netanyahu

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement0%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 20152%Olof Palme Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 19865%

Political views closest to Benjamin Netanyahu

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.78%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.74%NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…73%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Avi Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.