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    Menachem Begin (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בֵּגִין Menaḥem Begin, pronounced [menaˈχem ˈbeɡin] ; Polish: Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); Russian: Менахем...
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    Aliza Begin (Hebrew: עליזה בגין; née Arnold; ‎ 25 March 1920 – 13 November 1982) was the wife of Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin. Aliza was born...
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    Kiryat Menachem Begin, named after former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and also known as Kiryat HaMemshala, is a complex of government buildings...
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    Sheikh Yassin". Fromoccupiedpalestine.org. "Menachem Begin Biography". www.ibiblio.org. "Menachem Begin – Biography". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2013-08-12...
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    The Menachem Begin Heritage Center is the official state memorial commemorating Menachem Begin, Israel’s sixth Prime Minister. The Center is located on...
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    1977 elections; first, he tried to return to the Likud and replace Menachem Begin at the head of the party. He suggested to Simha Erlich, who headed the...
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    Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Yiddish: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; Modern Hebrew: מנחם מנדל שניאורסון; April 5, 1902 OS – June 12, 1994; AM 11 Nissan 5662 – 3...
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    former Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin. Ze'ev Binyamin (Benny) Begin was born in Jerusalem to Aliza and Menachem Begin. He studied geology at the Hebrew...
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    major right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing parties. Likud's...
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    twice and whom he succeeded as president in 1970. In 1978, Sadat and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, signed a peace treaty in cooperation with...
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    mid-1970s. The doctrine itself was enunciated by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in June 1981, following Israel's attack on Iraq's nuclear reactor Osirak...
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    1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism. Herut was founded by Menachem Begin on 15 June 1948 as a successor to the Revisionist Irgun, a militant...
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  • in the subsequent elections. In a surprise result, the Likud led by Menachem Begin won 43 seats in the 1977 elections (Labour won 32 seats). This was the...
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    Shamir joined the Revisionist Zionist Irgun paramilitary group led by Menachem Begin. During World War II the Irgun split over the question of whether to...
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    Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir, two former Israeli prime ministers and members of Likud, were both inspired by Jabotinsky's ideas. Menachem Begin opposed...
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    the cemetery died after the war. Kiryat Menachem Begin, named after former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and also known as Kiryat HaMemshala, is...
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    ultimately, these aspects of the truce were ignored by both sides). Menachem Begin decided therefore to postpone the arrival of the ship, and Irgun staff...
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  • operation began during this time. After Menachem Begin became Prime Minister in 1977 the preparations intensified; Begin authorized the building of a full-scale...
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    Camp David Accords (category Menachem Begin)
    signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at...
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    there will only be Israeli sovereignty." This slogan was repeated by Menachem Begin. Similar wording has also been used more recently by other Israeli politicians...
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  • founding in 1965 until the establishment of Likud in 1973. It was led by Menachem Begin. Gahal was formed by an alliance of Herut and the Liberal Party towards...
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    time it had become Likud. In 1977, he became Defense Minister under Menachem Begin. During his term, Israel developed the IAI Lavi fighter and launched...
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  • diplomat and adviser to prime ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir before founding the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. Hurwitz was born in 1924...
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    notoriety for interviewing subjects such as Fidel Castro, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Katharine Hepburn, Sean Connery, Monica Lewinsky, Hugo Chávez, Vladimir...
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    Avraham Stern. In 1942, the USSR released the Revisionist Zionist leader Menachem Begin from the Gulag and he went to Palestine, taking command of the Etzel...
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    coordinated the Israeli–U.S. agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig. Israel started selling unsophisticated...
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  • highlighted the polarization in the country. Prior to the elections, Menachem Begin's government faced instability due to internal conflict amongst coalition...
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    (first term: 3 years and 18 days; second term: 3 years and 114 days) Menachem Begin: 6 years and 113 days Levi Eshkol: 5 years and 247 days Ariel Sharon:...
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    led by Menachem Begin, who had headed Betar in Poland before arriving in Palestine with the Polish forces in exile and going underground. Begin believed...
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  • Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin is a 2021 American documentary film written and directed by Jonathan Gruber. The film chronicles the life and achievements...
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