Netanyahu government (first term)

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The Netanyahu government (first term) was Benjamin Netanyahu’s initial administration as Prime Minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999, marked by a right-leaning coalition, contentious peace process diplomacy, and strained relations with both Palestinian leaders and parts of the international community.

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First Netanyahu Government 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli government
cabinet
capital Jerusalem NERFINISHED
characterizedBy contentious peace negotiations
strained relations with Palestinian leadership
tensions with parts of the international community
coalitionGovernment true
coalitionPartner Gesher NERFINISHED
Likud NERFINISHED
National Religious Party NERFINISHED
Shas NERFINISHED
Third Way NERFINISHED
Tzomet NERFINISHED
United Torah Judaism NERFINISHED
Yisrael BaAliyah NERFINISHED
coalitionType narrow parliamentary majority
country State of Israel NERFINISHED
diplomaticTensionWith European Union NERFINISHED
Palestinian Authority NERFINISHED
economicPolicy market-oriented reforms
endTime 1999
followedBy Barak government NERFINISHED
foreignRelations United States–Israel relations NERFINISHED
formedAfter 1996 Israeli legislative election NERFINISHED
headOfGovernment Benjamin Netanyahu NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Government of Israel NERFINISHED
keyIssue West Bank settlements policy
implementation of Oslo Accords
leaderParty Likud NERFINISHED
legislatureStatus coalition minority risk
legislatureTerm Fourteenth Knesset NERFINISHED
notableEvent Hebron Protocol NERFINISHED
Wye River Memorandum NERFINISHED
officeHolder Ariel Sharon NERFINISHED
David Levy NERFINISHED
Moshe Arens NERFINISHED
Natan Sharansky NERFINISHED
Rafael Eitan NERFINISHED
Yitzhak Mordechai NERFINISHED
oppositionLeader Ehud Barak NERFINISHED
Shimon Peres NERFINISHED
policyArea Israeli–Palestinian peace process NERFINISHED
politicalOrientation right-wing
precededBy Peres government NERFINISHED
primeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu NERFINISHED
reasonForEnd defeat in 1999 Israeli legislative election
securityPolicy counter-terrorism measures
startTime 1996

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Barak Government precededBy Netanyahu government (first term)
this entity surface form: First Netanyahu Government
Wye River Memorandum negotiations tookPlaceDuring Netanyahu government (first term)