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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]
Shimon Peres of the Alignment served as prime minister for the first two years, and then the role was passed to Yitzhak Shamir. After the 1988 election Likud was able to govern without the Alignment, and Yitzhak Shamir continued as Prime Minister. 6 Rabin was assassinated while in office. Shimon Peres served as Acting Prime Minister until 22 ...
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Yitzhak Shamir, one of the three leaders of Lehi after Avraham Stern's assassination, argued for the legitimacy of Lehi's actions: There are those who say that to kill Martin [ c ] is terrorism, but to attack an army camp is guerrilla warfare and to bomb civilians is professional warfare.
Yitzhak Shamir, joined the Irgun in 1937; joined the Stern faction in 1940; was a senior commander in Lehi after Stern's assassination. Uri Avnery, joined as a teenager (1938–1942); later became a radical socialist activist. In 1945 he would publish a pamphlet, "Terrorism: the infantile disease of the Hebrew revolution".
Yitzhak Rabin: 17: Michael Hasani: Yosef Burg: Minister of Defense (first tenure) 13 September 1984 – 20 March 1990: Shimon Peres (until 20 October 1986) Yitzhak Shamir (after 20 October 1986) 21, 22, 23: Moshe Arens: Yitzhak Shamir Minister of Defense (second tenure) 13 July 1992 – 4 November 1995: Yitzhak Rabin: 25: Moshe Arens: Shimon Peres
In September, attacks picked up again, starting with two assassinations carried out by Lehi on September 9: British Army intelligence officer Desmond Doran was killed in a grenade attack on his home, and police sergeant T.G. Martin, who had been responsible for Yitzhak Shamir's arrest, was shot dead at a tennis court.
Police poster offering rewards for the capture of Stern Gang members: Jaacov Levstein (Eliav), Yitzhak Yezernitzky (Shamir), and Natan Friedman-Yelin. Nathan Friedman-Yellin was born in Grodno in the Russian Empire (now Belarus). His father was a builder who was killed after getting drafted into the Russian Army during World War I.