Prime minister’s father, 102, taken ill, but now stable
Benzion Netanyahu is an eminent historian on medieval Spanish Jewry and the Inquisition
Benzion and Benjamin Netanyahu at a memorial for Zeev Jabotinsky, July 2010 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s father, Benzion, fell ill Tuesday evening — possibly from dehydration — and was treated by paramedics who rushed to his apartment.
Magen David Adom responded to the call and treated him on the spot. They said he was in stable condition and left his apartment later in the evening.
Netanyahu, 102, celebrated his birthday last month in Jerusalem. He once served as secretary to Zeev Jabotinsky, an early Revisionist leader of the Zionist movement.
A professor, he is considered one of the world’s leading historians on medieval Spanish Jewry and the Inquisition.
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