Yitzhak Shamir

Middle Israel: From Caesar to Netanyahu, Israel prepares to enter a post-charisma era - opinion

How long this transition will last is anyone’s guess, but for an Israel crushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s overbearing charisma, the post-charismatic era’s emergence will not be one day too early.

For an Israel crushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s overbearing charisma, the post-charismatic era’s emergence will not be one day too early,’ the writer argues. Here, Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly in September.
 OUTGOING PRIME minister Yitzhak Shamir raises a glass with Yitzhak Rabin, on the day of the Rabin government’s inauguration on July 13, 1992. Attention was diverted from the constitutional revolution to the Oslo Accords, says the writer.

Two full Right/religious governments - opinion

 OVER THE decades since his death, Avraham “Yair” Stern has increasingly edged into the Israeli consensus, says the writer.

How should Avraham Stern be remembered? - opinion

THEN-SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev addresses the first meeting of the Mideast peace conference in Madrid on October 30, 1991. Alongside Gorbachev is US President George Bush. At far right is prime minister Yitzhak Shamir.

The conference that wasn’t – ‘Madrid’ in retrospect - opinion


Shamir remembered in new film

The filmmakers’ mission was to track Shamir’s driving personal quality which “was never about him, it was always about the Jewish people and Israel,” says Erez.

THE COUNTRY pays their last respects to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir after his death in 2012.

Changing the reality in which we live - opinion

Many Palestinians live in cages. Their towns and cities are invaded by Israeli soldiers at any given time.

ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN activists take part in a demonstration in support of peace, near Jericho, in October 2016.

Yitzhak Shamir memorial ceremony brings to light history repeating itself

Several political leaders presented the parallels between the political climate in Shamir's time and today.

President Reuven Rivlin stands before the graves of Yitzhak and Shulamit Shamir.

Tales from a diplomatic life

In a new memoir, Zalman Shoval recounts his early political life, working with David Ben-Gurion and serving at the UN and as US ambassador.

FORMER AMBASSADOR to the US Zalman Shoval speaks at an appearance in Washington in 2001.

Remembering Moshe Arens

As defense minister under prime minister Shamir, Arens believed that Israel had to respond militarily to the Iraqi Scud missile attacks on Israel.

FORMER DEFENSE Minister Moshe Arens (center) listens to army former chief of staff Shaul Mofaz during a memorial ceremony in 1999.

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Bush and Shamir: The last Cold Warriors

Now, as a perplexed America mourns its 41st president, six years after Israel buried its sixth prime minister, this odd couple appears to have actually had in common much more than they realized.

Former President George Bush walks the gangway as he arrives for the christening ceremony of the USS George H.W. Bush at Northrop-Grumman's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, October 7, 2006