Kevin Lewis, of Stockport, has been asked by the Israeli prime minister's wife to build a memorial website to the legendary writer.

Mr Lewis has developed a close relationship with Israeli paranormalist Uri Geller over the past few years, having built websites for him via his company Webmaster Web Design.

And Uri, a close friend of the Netanyahus, proposed Mr Lewis as the man to build a website to remember the literary master.

Mr Ben-Artzi was born in Bilgoraj, in what is now Poland, in 1914.

He moved to Israel in 1933, and served in the Irgun and Haganah underground organisations.

An educator, he earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in Bible studies, literature and Hebrew from the University of Haifa.

He also published several books, including poetry books, children's books and a novel.

Mrs Netanyahu cared for her father, at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem until the final few months of his life. He died in November.

Mr Lewis, WMWD's managing director said: "I would like the website to be a full memorial to this fantastic poet and writer.

"I would like, more than anything, for Sarah to look at the website and for her to be happy that this is an immortalisation of her father and his work.

"Having a website like this can really immortalise the work. It's something that thousands can access instantly.

"My focus is always to have a happy client and my goal is that Sarah Netanyahu is happy with the website."

Benjamin and Sarah's son Avner won the International Bible Contest in 2010, with the help of his grandfather, and Mr Lewis, 34, collated footage of the victory to publish online.

He said: "When Shmuel died, Uri was in discussion with them.

"He suggested that they should immortalise his memory with a website.

"I was contacted by Sarah's personal assistant and I was commissioned to build a website. It will be a big, multi-platform website with lots of information."

Mr Lewis is currently awaiting information from Sarah before he moves ahead with the website's content.

The father-of-two said: "She wants it to be a full memorial to her father to celebrate his life and what he did.

"In terms of display and the design I've been given full licence. It's quite a responsibility.

"If I were given this opportunity a few years ago, I would have been nervous.

"But because I've been Uri's webmaster for years now and with the kind of people I've been introduced to because of him, I'm excited to be working with her."

When the website goes live the address will be www.shmuelbenartzi.com