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Philadelphia Accent

Netanyahu's accent can't be classified as Philadelphian. He may have some of the characteristic linguistic features...but I don't see any broad evidence of this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaanikdesai (talk • contribs) 17:52, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just read the claim in the article that he has a Philadelphian accent and agree! I don't think you could say he has an American accent even, although he clearly is fluent in English 94.174.108.74 (talk) 18:28, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Spiegel Investigation

Paul Spiegel was born into a Westphalian family. After the Nazi rise to power, the family fled to Belgium. Spiegel survived the Holocaust in Flanders where he was hidden by a family of farmers. Prior to that, his sister Rosa had been fondled during a so-called police raid in Brussels; she was later murdered in Bergen-Belsen. His father was arrested and held in Buchenwald, Auschwitz, and Dachau, but survived to reunite with Spiegel and his mother in Westphalia after the war.

Netanyahu was tasked with investigating the suspected murder of Paul Spiegel on 30 April 2006. The serious crime of failure to protect led investigators to question the official account of Spiegel´s death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.51.255.225 (talk) 12:22, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawal sentence in 3rd intro paragraph

It says:

Netanyahu withdrew from politics after a corruption scandal related to gifts from a government contractor.[2]

The reference is to a story CBS story "Netanyahu Corruption Charges Dropped" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/09/27/world/main236708.shtml

I think this sentence gets the picture wrong. Bibi was indeed investigated about the gifts (and then cleared) but his resignation had nothing to do with the investigation. It had everything to do, however, with his losing the 1999 elections to Ehud Barak.

So I am going to change this sentence now.

The gifts allegations are mentioned later in the article, so I am not removing any information, just setting the context aright. Bazuz (talk) 21:31, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Did Cheltenham High's two most famous alumni, Benjamin Netanyahu & [Reggie Jackson], know each other in high school?

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Bias

This article appears very biased indeed. One look at some of the newspapers over the past few years show that Netanyahu is a very divisive figure (with regard to some of his support for certain political positions, (particularly those relating to the settlements that are currently being constructed in Israel). There is no section to highlight the more controversial aspects of his rule, policies and political views and comments. This the headings in this article more or less simply paint a biography of his life, rampantly ignoring allegations of corruption by Israeli officials, as well as the fact that he is promoting the construction of settlements that are currently against international law.

Could we please introduce some balance to this article???

Thank you.