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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).
Jun 26, 2024 · Yitzḥak Shamir (born October 15, 1915, Ruzinoy, Poland, Russian Empire [now Ruzhany, Belarus]—died June 30, 2012, Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel) was a Polish-born Zionist leader and prime minister of Israel in 1983–84 and 1986–90 (in alliance with Shimon Peres of the Labour Party) and in 1990–92.
Yitzhak Shamir, Israel’s seventh prime minister, died on Saturday night. Shamir was 96. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s for several years.
Jun 30, 2012 · Former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, who led Israel during the Gulf War and the Madrid talks, died at 96. Politicians from across the spectrum praised him as a brave warrior, a loyal patriot and a true lover of Israel.
Jun 30, 2012 · The former Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir, has died at the age of 96, officials say. In a statement announcing the death, current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid tribute to his...
Jun 30, 2012 · Yitzhak Shamir, who has died aged 96, was the Zionist militant of the 1940s who became a hard-line prime minister of Israel in the 1980s. He was born Yitzhak Jazernicki in Poland but changed his...
Jun 30, 2012 · Yitzhak Shamir, who emerged from the militant wing of a Jewish militia and served as Israel’s prime minister longer than anyone but David Ben-Gurion, promoting a muscular Zionism and expansive ...
