 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Benvenisti akaberekwa muna 1934 muJerusarema, baba vake vaiva David Benvenisti, muJudha wechiGiriki akabva kuTesaronika uye akagamuchira mubayiro weIsrael, apo amai vake Leah née Friedman vaiva muJudha weLithuania. Akanga ari munununa waRafael Rafi Benvenisti, uye baba vaEyal Benvenisti. Akapedza kudzidza kubva kuLeyada uye akaita basa rake rekumanikidzwa muchiuto muNahal unit pedyo nemuganhu weIsrael neLebanese paKibbutz Gesher HaZiv. Mukutanga kwema1950, achangobviswa muchiuto, akatamira kuKibbutz Rosh Hanikra yaiva pedyo uye akashanda semutungamiri wevechidiki. Akanyoresa paYunivhesiti yechiHebheru pashure pokudzokera kuJerusarema muna 1955, achidzidza zvose zviri zviviri zveupfumi uye nhoroondo yeMiddle Ages. Gare gare akabudisa mabhuku nemamepu pamusoro penguva yeVapanduki muNyika Tsvene. Mukati mamakore ake somudzidzi, akatungamirira mubatanidzwa wavadzidzi veYunivhesiti yechiHebheru uye National Union of Israeli Students. Gare gare akawana dhigirii rechiremba paHarvard Universitys Kennedy School nokuda kwebasa rake rokugadzirisa zvinetso muJerusarema neBelfast. 