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Menachem Begin (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בֵּגִין Menaḥem Begin, pronounced [menaˈχem ˈbeɡin] ⓘ; Polish: Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); Russian: Менахем Вольфович Бегин, romanized: Menakhem Volfovich Begin; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the ...
Jul 2, 2024 · Menachem Begin was a Zionist leader who was prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. Begin was the corecipient, with Egyptian Pres. Anwar el-Sādāt, of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Peace for their achievement of a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that was formally signed in 1979.
From 1948 to 1977, Begin was the leader of Israel’s opposition. In the 1950s, he led the movement against accepting German reparations for the Holocaust. In 1965, Begin merged his Herut Party with the Liberals to form Gahal, which later served as the foundation of the Likud Party.
On June 20, 1977, Mr. Menachem Begin, head of the Likud party – after having won the Knesset elections (17 May 1977) – presented the new Government to the Knesset and became Prime Minister of Israel. His publications include “White Nights” (describing his wartime experience in Europe), “The Revolt”, which has been translated into ...
Mar 9, 1992 · Menachem Begin was born in Poland, where he joined an extremist Zionist movement that wanted to establish a Jewish state in Palestine by force. During the Second World War Begin was in custody in the Soviet Union before he, with incredible luck, managed to get to Jerusalem.
Mar 9, 1992 · Menachem Begin, the Israeli Prime Minister who made peace with Egypt, lived much of his life in the opposition. A Jewish underground leader before Israel gained independence in 1948, he...
May 27, 2021 · The American filmmakers of a new documentary on the life of Menachem Begin to debut on June 7, found the May 1977 black & white film footage of Yavin’s election-night broadcast and knew the...
Mar 10, 1992 · Menachem Begin, son of a Jewish timber merchant in czarist Russia who became Israel’s sixth prime minister 15 years ago, was a man driven to feats of court age and the depths of despair....
Full name: Menachem Begin. Born: 16 August 1913, Brest Litovsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus) Died: 9 March 1992, Tel Aviv, Israel. Date awarded: 27 October 1978. Seeking peace with Egypt. In 1973, Egypt attacked Israel to repossess the Sinai Peninsula, which Israel had seised in 1967. Israel prevailed, but suffered heavy losses.
Menachem Begin is memorialized in Jewish history as the commander of the Irgun, the leader of the opposition in the Knesset, the Prime Minister of Israel and the first Israeli...
