CIA declassifies Camp David Accords intelligence
The Central Intelligence Agency declassified documents dealing with the Camp David Accords. More ▸
Menachem Begin
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Begin remembered in Belarus hometown
The late Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was remembered in his Belarus hometown two months before what would have been his 100th birthday. More ▸
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Peres, the optimist
Thirteen years after the two faced off in a heated race for prime minister, Shimon Peres is still an optimist and Benjamin Netanahu is still a skeptic, but now the two are partners. More ▸
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Peres, the optimist
As I sat in the press area at a luncheon Wednesday to honor Israeli President Shimon Peres, the Israeli prime minister’s race of 1996 seemed like a long time ago. Back in ’96, Peres, the prime minister and leader of the Labor Party, commanded a strong lead over Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, and at first… More ▸
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With New Center in His Name, How Will Begin Be Remembered?
Menachem Begin made his way from a gangly, bespectacled leader of the right-wing Jewish underground to the silver-tongued prime minister who made peace with Egypt, only to spend his final years a recluse, mourning the deaths of his wife and the soldiers he sent to Lebanon. Fourteen years after thousands choked the streets of Jerusalem… More ▸
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Begin Resigns from Knesset After 11 Years As Lawmaker
Hawkish Israeli legislator Ze’ev “Benny” Begin has announced he is resigning from politics. Begin, who withdrew from the race for prime minister one day before Israelis went to the polls this week, said Wednesday he had decided on the move because his National Unity Party won only three Knesset seats in Monday’s vote. “I am… More ▸
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The Emerging Candidates: Seen As ‘honest Abe’ of Politics, Begin Forges Principled Campaign
THE EMERGING CANDIDATES: Seen as `honest Abe’ of politics, Begin forges principled campaign He looks like his father and sounds like his father, but Ze’ev “Benny” Begin knows his chances of getting elected Israel’s next prime minister are slim. Just the same, the decision by the only son of the late Prime Minister Menachem Begin… More ▸
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Begin Quits Likud, Declares Candidacy for Prime Minister
A former member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet has announced plans to quit the Likud Party and spearhead a right-wing challenge to the premier. Ze’ev “Benny” Begin, who resigned as science minister in 1997 when Netanyahu agreed to turn over most of Hebron to Palestinian self-rule, could weaken the premier in the May… More ▸
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Behind the Headlines: Israel’s Modern Orthodox Begin to Re-examine Role of Movement
Modern Orthodox leaders in Israel are trying to launch a movement to build bridges across the widening religious-secular gulf. Some 200 Israeli rabbis, academics and activists gathered last month at Kibbutz Lavi in the Galilee to rethink the role of religious Zionism and modern Orthodoxy in Israel. It was 23 years since a similar conference… More ▸
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Court: Sharon Misled Begin During 1982 War in Lebanon
An Israeli court has ruled that Ariel Sharon, defense minister during the 1982 war in Lebanon, misled Prime Minister Menachem Begin regarding the extent of the military operation that he planned to implement. With its ruling Tuesday, the Tel Aviv District Court rejected a libel suit filed by Sharon against the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. Sharon,… More ▸
