Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has more than 300,000 friends on the social network site Facebook. His large number of followers makes the Prime Minister the most popular on Facebook in Israeli politics.
Netanyahu’s 300,228 friends come from more than 20 countries, with the plurality – 144,000 – living in Israel. In comparison, political rivals MK Shelly Yechimovich, Shaul Mofaz and Yair Lapid have 29,861, 4,708, and 62,009 followers, respectively.