His view of Jewish history reflects that of his father, the historian Benzion Netanyahu, who went to America in the 1940s to challenge the Allies’ failure to rescue European Jewry from the Holocaust, and thus to mobilize support for Zionism. In fact, Netanyahu remembered his father’s efforts in his address to the US Congress last March.
内塔尼亚胡是犹太灾难理论家。他的犹太史观继承自其父、历史学家本锡安·内塔尼亚胡（Benzion Netanyahu）。本锡安20世纪40年代前往美国，谴责盟国没能保护欧洲犹太人免遭大屠杀，从而动员对犹太复国主义的支持。事实上，内塔尼亚胡在去年3月的美国国会演讲中追忆了他的父亲的努力。