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Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin was an Israeli politician who founded the political parties Herut and Likud and served as prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983.
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politics · Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983 · politician · also Menachem Begin, Menahem Begin, Menachem Volfovich Begin, Begin
Born 16 August 1913 · Died 9 March 1992 · Q130873
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2026· 6 entries
“If Hitler was sitting in a house with 20 other people, would it be correct to blow up the house?”
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“a precedent for every future government in Israel”
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“when you fired at me with a cannon, I gave the order:”
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UA.NEWS: A memorial plaque honoring Israel's sixth prime minister, Menachem Begin, was unveiled in Truskavets
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The Jerusalem Post: Menachem Begin
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2021· 3 entries
The Jerusalem Post Blogs: Menachem Begin's enduring legacy - interview with Center's CEO
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FirstShowing.net: Trailer for 'Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin' Documentary
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Yahoo: Abramorama Buys Menachem Begin Documentary ‘Upheaval’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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2019· 3 entries
Reported claimRated Correct. He was the prime minister of Israel at the time, and it was taken during a visit to Downing Street in 1979. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “A picture shows Margaret Thatcher and Menachem Begin shaking hands.” Correct. He was the prime minister of Israel at the time, and it was taken during a visit to Downing Street in 1979..
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Reported claimRated Begin ordered the killing of the two British soldiers and their bodies were booby trapped. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Menachem Begin killed World War Two veterans and then booby trapped their bodies to kill those who found them.” Begin ordered the killing of the two British soldiers and their bodies were booby trapped..
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Full Fact rated the claim “Menachem Begin was a key organiser of the 1946 Irgun attack on the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.” Mr Begin did order the attack..
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1992· 1 entry
Died 1992-03-09.
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1991· 1 entry
As part of a television broadcast marking fifty years since the death of Ze'ev Jabotinsky
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1990· 1 entry
And underwent surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center
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1983· 3 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (1983–1983).
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Shortly before Begin's resignation, a major financial crisis hit Israel after the stocks of the country's four largest banks collapsed and were subsequently nationalized by the state
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Career landmark: Minister of Defense of Israel (1983–1983).
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1982· 1 entry
To fight Palestine Liberation Organization strongholds there, igniting the 1982 Lebanon War
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1981· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1981–1984).
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1980· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Defense of Israel (1980–1981).
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The state Social Security Institute estimated that from 1977 to 1980 the number of babies born in poverty doubled, while there had been a 300% increase in the number of families with four to five children below the pover
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1979· 3 entries
Following years of campaigning by Gush Emunim, Begin declared that there are "many more Elon Morehs to come
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“many more Elon Morehs to come.”
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For which he and Anwar Sadat shared the Nobel Peace Prize
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1978· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1978).
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Begin, aided by Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Defense Minister Ezer Weizman, came to Washington and Camp David to negotiate the Camp David Accords, leading to the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty with Egyptian President
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1977· 5 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Communications (1977–1977).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Israel (1977–1983).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1977–1981).
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“between the [Mediterranean] Sea and the Jordan River there shall only be Israeli sovereignty”
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Begin declared that "between the [Mediterranean] Sea and the Jordan River there shall only be Israeli sovereignty"
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1974· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1974–1977).
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1973· 1 entry
Begin agreed to a plan by Ariel Sharon to form a larger bloc of opposition parties, made up from Gahal, the Free Centre, and other smaller groups
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1972· 1 entry
Five years prior to becoming prime minister
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1969· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1969–1974).
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1967· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister without portfolio (1967–1970).
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1966· 1 entry
During Herut's party convention, he was challenged by the young Ehud Olmert
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1965· 3 entries
And Likud in 1973) formed the main opposition to the dominant Mapai and later the Alignment (the forerunners of today's Labor Party) in the Knesset; Herut adopted a radical nationalistic agenda committed to the irredenti
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1965–1969).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1965–1965).
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1961· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1961–1965).
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1959· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1959–1961).
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1955–1959).
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1951· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1951–1955).
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1949· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1949–1951).
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1947· 1 entry
Moved to the heart of Tel Aviv and took the identity of Dr
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1944· 2 entries
After Lehi gunmen assassinated Lord Moyne, the British Resident Minister in the Middle East, the official Jewish authorities, fearing British retaliation, ordered the Haganah to undertake a campaign of collaboration with
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Determined to force the British government to remove its troops entirely from Palestine
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1942· 1 entry
Joined the Irgun (Etzel), an underground Zionist paramilitary organization which had split from the main Jewish military organization, the Haganah, in 1931
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1937· 1 entry
Was the active head of Betar in Czechoslovakia and became head of the largest branch, that of Poland
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1913· 1 entry
Born 1913-08-16.
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