Posts Tagged: Yitzhak Shamir
Israel’s Netanyahu Fires Aryeh Deri Following High Court Decision
i24 News - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Aryeh Deri on Sunday following the cabinet meeting. Netanyahu stated that the firing comes with “a heavy...
Shamir to Netanyahu – History Comes Full Circle
JNS.org - As a decade of Likud government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes to a close, Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria has become...
What Did The Fighters For Israel’s Independence Want?
With the election of Menachem Begin as Israel’s prime minister in 1977 and the subsequent premiership of Yitzhak Shamir, US Jews were exposed to the...
Remembering Yitzhak Shamir
The public longs for the good old days, when our leaders saw politics as a calling or a mission, not merely another job -- one...
America’s History of Interfering With Israeli Democracy
With all of the talk about purported Russian interference in America’s elections, it is worthwhile to note that the US has a long-standing history of...
New York Times Demonstrates ‘Ultra-Bad’ Journalism About Israeli Politics
Just days after hurling the adjective “nationalist” at the political party of Israel’s defense minister -- and coming in for criticism from The Algemeiner for...
Where is Israel’s Pro-Active Aliyah Policy?
A pro-active aliyah policy was Israel's most effective engine of growth and posture of deterrence. It catapulted the Jewish state from 650,000 Jews in 1948...
Belarus Commemorates Former Israeli PM Begin With Statue, Releases Stamps Honoring Zionist Leaders
Former Israeli Prime minister Menachem Begin is being commemorated with a statue in Belarus, the country of his birth, i24 News reported Monday. Begin, born in...
MK Shamir Responds to Netanyahu: “The Idea of a Two State Solution is Impossible to Implement”
Israeli MK Yair Shamir of the Likud Beitenu party has responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reaffirmation Monday of his belief in the two-state...
Yair Shamir and Not Yair Lapid is the Big Winner in Israel’s Elections
The Israeli election news that has captured the moment is the surprising success of Yair Lapid's new party, Yesh Atid (There's a...
Opinion: American Presidents Have Played a Strong Role in Israeli Politics
Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday for choosing the "wrong candidate" in the US presidential election, by supposedly...
5772: A Jewish Year in Review
It's that time again: a new Hebrew year is upon us. It's time for the Jewish year in review based on a mandate from Deuteronomy...
If the West Bank is ‘Occupied,’ Who Are the Occupiers?
Today the area of Israel that is known to Jews as Judea and Samaria is often referred to by many in academia and in the media as...
Shamir’s Diplomatic Legacy
Yitzhak Shamir served as prime minister in one of the most difficult periods in Israel's diplomatic history. He came into office in the aftermath of...
