Menachem Begin

Also known as Menahem Begin, Menachem Volfovich Begin

Israeli politician and former Prime Minister (1913–1992)

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Menachem Begin was an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister and was a major figure in Israeli history during the 20th century. He matters because his leadership and political decisions significantly shaped Israel's development and foreign policy during a crucial period of the nation's existence.

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Born: 1913
Died: 1992
Works: 54

Top works

Yawmīyat al-irhābī Mināḥīm Bayjin
V belye nochi
Min taswiyah ilá ḥilf
לסיכום מערכת הבחירות
Texto del discurso del Sr. Muhammad Anwar El-Sadat

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Type: Group
Origin: Japan
Active from: 1988-12-05

j-pop

Discography

Official site Discogs

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans
· 2016 · cited 8,987x
Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades
· 2008 · cited 7,728x
The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment
· 2011 · cited 6,086x
Clonal Hematopoiesis and Blood-Cancer Risk Inferred from Blood DNA Sequence
· 2014 · cited 3,186x
Maximizing the right stuff: The trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity
· 2017 · cited 2,848x

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Quotes

“The Partition of Palestine is illegal. It will never be recognized .... Jerusalem was and will for ever be our capital. Eretz Israel will be restored to the people of Israel. All of it. And for Ever.”
“Israel will not transfer Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza District to any foreign sovereign authority, [because] of the historic right of our nation to this land, [and] the needs of our national security, which demand a capability to defend our State and the lives of our citizens."”
“Israel is still the only country in the world against which there is a written document to the effect that it must disappear.”
“In June 1967, we again had a choice. The Egyptian Army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him. This was a war of self-defence in the noblest sense of the term. The government of national unity then established decided unanimously: We will take the initiative and attack the enemy, drive him back, and thus assure the security of Israel and the future of the nation.”

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Image: Menachem Begin, Andrews AFB, 1978.JPG
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Menachem Begin
date of birth: 1913-08-16
date of death: 1992-03-09
Commons gallery: Menachem Begin
name in native language: מנחם בגין
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Menachem Begin (16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician who founded Herut and Likud and served as prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983.

Before the creation of the state of Israel, Begin 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 mandatory government, which was opposed by the Jewish Agency. As head of the Irgun, he targeted the British in Palestine, with a notable attack being the King David Hotel bombing. Later, the Irgun fought the Arabs during the 1947–48 civil war in Mandatory Palestine and, as its chief, Begin was described by the British government as the "leader of the notorious terrorist organisation". It declined him an entry visa to the United Kingdom between 1953 and 1955. However, Begin's overtures of friendship eventually paid off and he was granted a visa in 1972, five years prior to becoming prime minister.