Yair Netanyahu

Yair Netanyahu was born in 1991 in Jerusalem

Yair Netanyahu was born on 26 July 1991 in Jerusalem to Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu. He has a younger brother, Avner, and a half-sister, Noa, from his father's first marriage. As a child, during his father's first term as prime minister, he was raised for some years by his maternal grandparents.

He studied theater at the High School for the Arts in Jerusalem. After the army he earned a bachelor's degree in international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He later earned a master's degree at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, now Reichman University.

He served in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. In June 2018 he began work as new media coordinator at the NGO Shurat HaDin, which left him in March 2019 after his political statements. In 2020 he joined a Channel 20 panel, hosted a radio show and launched The Yair Netanyahu Show podcast in English and Hebrew.

In December 2018 Facebook suspended his account for 24 hours over posts about Palestinians. In April 2023 he moved to Miami, Florida, where his Shin Bet security detail drew questions in the Knesset. In October 2025 Likud proposed him to head the Hasbara department of the World Zionist Organization, but the appointment did not go ahead.