Benjamin Netanyahu’s Wife: Who Sara Netanyahu Is

Benjamin Netanyahu’s public career

Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as prime minister of Israel since 2022. He previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, making him Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. Born in Tel Aviv, he was raised in West Jerusalem and the United States. He returned to Israel in 1967 to join the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Sayeret Matkal special forces. In 1972, he returned to the United States, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked for the Boston Consulting Group. He moved back to Israel in 1978 and founded The Jonathan Institute.

Between 1984 and 1988, Netanyahu was Israel’s ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He is known for A Place Among the Nations, Fighting Terrorism, Bibi: My Story, and Terrorism: How the West Can Win. His awards include the Jabotinsky Medal, the Tzeltner Prize and an honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University. He rose to prominence after becoming Likud chair in 1993 and leading the opposition. In 1996, he became the first Israeli prime minister elected directly by popular vote. He was defeated in 1999, entered the private sector, returned to lead Likud in 2005, and led the opposition from 2006 to 2009.

Who Sara Netanyahu is

Sara Netanyahu was born in November 1958 in Kiryat Tiv’on, in northern Israel near Haifa. She was known as Sara Ben-Artzi and later as Sara Netanyahu. Her recorded nationality is Israeli. Her recorded occupations are educational psychologist, pedagogue and psychologist. She is also publicly known as Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife.

She attended Greenberg High School in Kiryat Tiv’on, where she was an outstanding student. Her professional background is in education and psychology. Together with her public role as the spouse of Israel’s prime minister, this forms the basic outline of her public identity. The Prime Minister’s Office later published a curriculum vitae under her married name.

Her marriage to Benjamin Netanyahu

Sara Netanyahu is the spouse of Benjamin Netanyahu by marriage, and they have been married from 1991 to the present. She is his wife, while he is Israel’s prime minister. Contemporary accounts describe marriage to Benjamin Netanyahu as her third marriage. The relationship has formed part of public family and political coverage.

Before marrying Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara Netanyahu married Doron Neuberger in 1980. A Jewish Telegraphic Agency item dated 10 October 1996 concerned Sara Netanyahu’s former husband and a planned book. The item shows that her earlier marriage was already part of public coverage by the time of the later marriage. Sara’s current marriage to Benjamin Netanyahu began in 1991.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s earlier marriages and wider family

Benjamin Netanyahu was previously married to Miki Weizman Haran from 1972 to 1978; that marriage ended in divorce. He was also married to Fleur Cates from 1981 to 1988; that marriage also ended in divorce. Sara Netanyahu became his wife in 1991 and is his current wife, and remains so.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s father is Benzion Netanyahu, and his mother is Zila Netanyahu. His siblings are Yonatan Netanyahu and Iddo Netanyahu. His children are listed as Noa Roth, Yair Netanyahu and Avner Netanyahu. These connections place Sara Netanyahu within the wider Netanyahu family.

Sara Netanyahu’s professional work

Sara Netanyahu’s recorded professional occupations are educational psychologist, pedagogue and psychologist. These labels place her work in education and psychology, separate from Benjamin Netanyahu’s political and diplomatic career. She is Israeli, and her public profile lists her professional work alongside her position as Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife. The Prime Minister’s Office included a curriculum vitae for her.

The National published a profile of Sara Netanyahu under the Newsmaker title. The profile presented her as a public figure in her own right. The Prime Minister’s Office’s curriculum vitae provides another setting for the same identity. Her listed work remains educational psychology, pedagogy and psychology.

Details that have not been publicly reported

The circumstances of Sara Netanyahu and Benjamin Netanyahu’s first meeting have not been publicly reported. Neither has an account of who first raised the possibility of marriage. The exact date and location of their wedding ceremony have not been published. No account of their courtship has appeared in print.

Specific duties attached to each of Sara Netanyahu’s occupational labels have not been publicly set out. The institutions, programmes and publications connected with her professional work have not been identified. Detailed information about her private daily life has not been published. No further biographical detail about her life before Greenberg High School has been published.