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Yitzhak Shamir ( Hebrew: יצחק שמיר, listen ⓘ; born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh prime minister of Israel, serving two terms (1983–1984, 1986–1992). [1]
Jun 26, 2024 · Yitzḥak Shamir (born October 15, 1915, Ruzinoy, Poland, Russian Empire [now Ruzhany, Belarus]—died June 30, 2012, Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel) was a Polish-born Zionist leader and prime minister of Israel in 1983–84 and 1986–90 (in alliance with Shimon Peres of the Labour Party) and in 1990–92.
Jul 1, 2012 · As prime minister, Shamir oversaw a major immigration airlift of Jews from Ethiopia, reluctantly attended the Madrid peace conference, and memorably kept Israel out of the first Gulf War even ...
Jun 30, 2012 · The seventh Prime Minister. Yitzhak Shamir was born in Ruzinoy, Poland in 1915. He attended the Bialystok Hebrew Gymnasium, and from 1929 was an active member of the Betar Zionist movement.
Yitzhak Shamir with Benjamin Netanyahu in 1986. (photo cedit: Moshe Shai/Flash90) Israeli politicians lamented the death of 96-year-old former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, who passed away...
Jun 30, 2012 · The former Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir, has died at the age of 96, officials say. In a statement announcing the death, current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid tribute to his...
Jun 30, 2012 · Yitzhak Shamir, who has died aged 96, was the Zionist militant of the 1940s who became a hard-line prime minister of Israel in the 1980s. He was born Yitzhak Jazernicki in Poland but changed...
Jun 30, 2012 · Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who two decades ago first balked at U.S. calls to trade occupied land for Middle East peace, died on Saturday after a long illness. He was 96.
Jun 30, 2012 · Yitzhak Shamir, who emerged from the militant wing of a Jewish militia and served as Israel’s prime minister longer than anyone but David Ben-Gurion, promoting a muscular Zionism and expansive ...
Mar 8, 2021 · Yitzhak Shamir - underground leader, spymaster, parliamentarian and the seventh Prime Minister of the State of Israel - was born Yizhak Yzernitzky in Ruzinoy, Poland in 1915. He attended Bialystok Hebrew secondary school and at age 14 joined the Betar youth movement.
