Yitzhak Shamir

thumb|Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir (Hebrew יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר) (born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–84 and 1986–1992. Before the establishment of the state of Israel, Shamir was a leader of the Zionist militant group Lehi. After the establishment of the Israeli state he served in the Mossad between 1955 and 1965 and as a Knesset Member. He served as the 6th Speaker of the Knesset and as Foreign Affairs Minister. Quotes The sea is the same sea, and the Arabs are the same Arabs. Shamir used this phrase in 1996, following the Oslo accords ("It's Inconceivable" by Rafi Mann) Our image has undergone change from David fighting Goliath to being Goliath. Daily Telegraph London, (25 January, 1989). Quotes about Every time they try to shake us off their backs, we in our blindness search for "instigators." There are no instigators, Mr. Prime Minister; there are just people who do not want a foreign occupation. Let me ask you: did you do what you did in the underground in the 1940s because of "instigators," Mr. Shamir? Shulamith Hareven "Life Is Now, Mr. Shamir" in The Vocabulary of Peace: Life, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East (1995) Begin, Shamir and Sharon were the evil three. Harold Wilson, Speech at Indiana University (4 October 1982) after the Beirut massacre, quoted in The Times (5 October 1982), p. 4 External links Category:Likud politicians Category:Prime Ministers of Israel Category:Jews from Israel Category:1915 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Foreign Affairs Ministers of Israel