Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu is left handed, as are 10% of the population.

Lefties have been shown to average a more flexible brain structure and greater longevity. Famous "southpaws" (a nickname for left-handers) have included Korach, Alexander the Great, Julius Caear, Leonardo da Vinci, Napoleon, Isaac Newton, Beethoven, Benjamin Franklin, Queen Victoria, Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Einstein, John McCain, US Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush Senior, Clinton, Obama....

The Israelite judge Ehud who slew Eglon the King of Moab was left handed: "When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, He raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man" (Judges 3:15).

And in the war between the tribes, the Benjaminites mustered 700 left-handed warriors: "Among all this people were 700 chosen left-handed men. Each one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss" (Judges 20:16).

A left-handed warrior is at an advantage against a right-handed one, and they wrought a very great slaughter, in addition to their having been assisted by the Right Hand of the Lord!

Left-handedness was considered a blemish that disqualified a cohen from serving in the Temple.

Throughout the world the right-side has universally been synonymous with virtue, honour, good, lawfulness, skillfulness and correctness. The left-side the converse!

The English word "left" comes from the Saxon lyft which means "worthless". The Latin word for "left" is sinistra and in Italian mancino, which also means "dishonest".

In the Kaballah the Sitra Achara is referred to as the - "The Left Pillar". A troublemaker or liar in a previous life is reincarnated to be left handed.