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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 ...
May 25, 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.
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 The Nobel Peace Prize 1978 . Born: 16 August 1913, Brest Litovsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus) Died: 9 March 1992, Tel Aviv, Israel . Residence at the time of the award: Israel . Role: Prime Minister of Israel Prize motivation: “for jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978” Prize share: 1/2
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. The crisis atmosphere in 1967 saw the establishment of a ...
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Mar 9, 1992 · Menachem Begin (1913-1992) was active in the movement to establish an independent Jewish state in Palestine and in the early Israeli government. After serving many years in the Knesset, Begin became Israel's first non-Socialist prime minister in 1977.
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 openly...
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 statesman to...
May 27, 2021 · By KEN TOLTZ. MAY 27, 2021 22:33. MENACHEM BEGIN and his wife, Aliza. (photo credit: YA’ACOV SA’AR/GPO) Just before midnight on May 17, 1977, a new word entered the Israeli Hebrew language...
Menachem Begin – Nobel Lecture - NobelPrize.org. Nobel Lecture, December 10, 1978. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Madame Chairlady and Members of the Nobel Prize Committee, Mr Marei, representative of the President of Egypt, Ladies and Gentlemen.
