Yitzhak Shamir Quotes (1915-2012)

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About Yitzhak Shamir

Yitzhak Shamir (Hebrew ื™ึดืฆึฐื—ึธืง ืฉึธืืžึดื™ืจ) (born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 โ€“ June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983โ€“84 and 1986โ€“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.

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โ€œThe sea is the same sea, and the Arabs are the same Arabs.โ€
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โ€œOur image has undergone change from David fighting Goliath to being Goliath.โ€
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Yitzhak Shamir on Arabโ€“Israeli conflict 2 quotes

โ€œOur image has undergone change from David fighting Goliath to being Goliath.โ€
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Yitzhak Shamir on Benjamin Netanyahu

โ€œThe fact is he's working against the principles of the Likud. He has no principles at all. I don't see any principles.โ€
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Shulamith Hareven "Life Is Now on Yitzhak Shamir

โ€œEvery 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?โ€

Harold Wilson on Yitzhak Shamir

โ€œBegin, Shamir and Sharon were the evil three.โ€
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About Yitzhak Shamir

Yitzhak Shamir (Hebrew ื™ึดืฆึฐื—ึธืง ืฉึธืืžึดื™ืจ) (born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 โ€“ June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983โ€“84 and 1986โ€“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.