Posts Tagged: Yitzhak Shamir
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s Legacy
In 1992, Republican Whip Senator Alan Simpson from Wyoming, who was critical of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's policies, told me: "How can I like Prime...
Yitzhak Shamir: A Voice of Israel, Silenced
Leaders of Israel's political hierarchy gathered on Mt. Herzl July 2 to expresses their official condolences to the family of Israel's seventh Prime Minister, Yitzhak...
Remembering Shamir: The Integrity of “No”
The people of Israel lost a true leader with the passing of Yitzhak Shamir. Before assuming the reins as our seventh prime minister, Shamir...
Yitzhak Shamir, Israel’s 7th Prime Minister, Dead at 96
Israel's seventh prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir, passed away June 30 at the age of 96. Shamir, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, served intermittently as prime...
Yitzhak Shamir and Israeli History
I first met Yitzhak Shamir a few months after I made my aliya from the rapidly declining Soviet Union in the summer of 1990. Back...
Yitzchak Shamir: A Jewish Hero
I vividly remember the first time I met Yitzchak Shamir - He was the Prime Minister of the State of Israel and I was a...
