Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin; Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בֵּגִין Menahem Begin, Polish: Mieczysław Biegun; Russian: Менахем Вольфович Бегин Menakhem Volfovich Begin; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Israel, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on 1 February 1944, against the British...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth16 August 1913
CityBrest, Belarus
CountryIsrael
No one will frighten the large and free Jewish community of the United States.
After 1957, Israel had to wait 10 full years for its flag to fly again over that liberated portion of the homeland.
In peace, the Middle East, the ancient cradle of civilization, will become invigorated and transformed. Throughout its lands there will be freedom of movement of people, of ideas, of goods.
My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.
We do not covet one inch of Lebanese territory, and the basis for the peace treaty between our two countries will be the international border, which exists now, between Rosh Haniqra and Ras en Naqura.
The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war.
He who threatens us will find us deaf to his threats. We are willing to listen only to rational arguments.
I come to Jerusalem. There, the sky is blue and memory becomes clear.
Because of the limited usefulness I see in my continued service, I have reached the conclusion that it is best to cease my activity in the public arena,
We attacked selected military targets of the P.L.O. Around, civilians were hurt, I don't want to deny it. Very regrettable, very regrettable. We regret it deeply.
The people of Israel have lived 3,700 years without a memorandum of understanding with America and will continue to live without it another 3,700 years.
His work is important and a major contribution to the world of economics and to theory,
No more wars, no more bloodshed, and no more threats.
Eretz Israel will be restored to the people of Israel. All of it. And forever.