Kammala wannan jumla: Daga 1984 zuwa 1988, Netanyahu shi ne wakilin dindindin na Isra'ila a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. A 1993, an zabe shi a matsayin Shugaban Likud, ya zama Shugaban 'Yan adawa. Ya ci gaba da kayar da Firayim Minista Shimon Peres a zaben 1996, kuma an nada shi a matsayin Firayim Ministan Isra'ila mafi ƙanƙanta. Bayan sun yi wa'adi guda daya, Netanyahu da Likud sun sha kaye a zaben 1999 daga jam'iyyar One Israel ta Ehud Barak; Netanyahu ya zabi ya yi ritaya daga siyasa gaba daya, kuma ya shiga harkar kasuwanci. Koyaya shekaru da yawa daga baya, bayan magajinsa a matsayin Shugaban Likud, Ariel Sharon, ya zama Firayim Minista, an shawo kan Netanyahu ya koma siyasa, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Ministan Harkokin Waje da Ministan Kudi. A matsayinsa na Ministan Kudi, Netanyahu ya fara manyan gyare-gyare na tattalin arzikin Isra'ila wanda masu sharhi suka yaba da cewa sun inganta aikin tattalin arzikin Isra'ila sosai. Daga baya Netanyahu ya yi karo da Sharon, daga karshe ya yi murabus kan rashin jituwa game da Gaza
shirin rabuwa.