With regard to the future, let us hope for a strong, properly motivated leadership to ensure a strong, secure tomorrow for ...

Yitzhak Shamir, who emerged from the militant wing of Israel's pre-state militia and served as prime minister longer than anyone but David Ben-Gurion, promoting a muscular Zionism and expansive ...

Stanley Heller, host of the Internet television show The Struggle and chair of the Middle East Crisis Committee, examines the too-generous obituary for former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir ...

A man once described by the United States as a violent terrorist is now eulogized as a hero in the media. The years between the establishment of the State of Israel and Shamir's ascendancy to the ...

Yizhak Shamir, the seventh prime minister of Israel, died Saturday at the age of 96. Shamir, who was born in 1915 in Ruzhany, served in Israel’s Shin Bet, and later on as Speaker of the Knesset as ...

From the blog of Sherwin Pomerantz at The Times of Israel ...

NEW YORK — Yitzhak Shamir, 96, who emerged from the militant wing of Israel’s prestate militia and served as prime minister longer than anyone except David Ben-Gurion, promoting a muscular Zionism and ...

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Yitzhak Shamir, the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, passed away June 30, 2012 at the age of 96. Below is a brief biographical timeline featuring relevant articles from JTA Jewish Daily Bulletin ...

Yitzhak Shamir, a political hard-liner who served two terms as Israeli prime minster, died Saturday, the prime minister’s office said. Shamir, 96, served as premier from 1983 to 1984, and from 1986 to ...

Yitzhak Shamir, who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1986 to 1992, has died at the age of 96. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Yitzhak Shamir, who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1986 to 1992, has died ...