Netanyahu applied to have his name changed to “Ben Nitay” in the 1970s while living in America. His historian father, Benzion, occasionally wrote using the alias “Nitay,” and Binyamin Netanyahu adopted the name because Americans found it easier to pronounce. RELATEDNetanyahu refused to nix ‘two states’ in coalition negotiations
During a heated leadership debate with Shimon Peres in the run-up to the 1996 election, Netanyahu was asked whether his application to change his name meant he had wished to stay in America.
“Not for a single moment,” Netanyahu replied. “I come from a Jewish, Zionist family, with roots here for 100 years.”
Netanyahu studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, both in the Boston area, and worked at the Boston Consulting Group, an international business consulting firm, during the show’s filming.
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