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Menachem Begin, father of Israel's right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. And yet, in 1979 he signed a groundbreaking peace treaty with Egypt for which he and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Such a contradiction was typical in Begin's life: no other Israeli played as many different, sometimes conflicting, roles as Begin, and no other figure inspired such sharply opposing responses. Begin was belittled and beloved, revered and despised, and his career was punctuated by exhilarating highs on the one hand, despair and ostracism on the other. This riveting biography is the first to provide a satisfactory answer to the question, Who was Begin? Based on wide-ranging research among archival documents and on testimonials and interviews with Begin's closest advisers, the book presents a detailed new portrait of the founding leader. Among the many topics the book holds up to new light are Begin's antagonistic relationship with David Ben-Gurion, his controversial role in the 1982 Lebanon War, his unique leadership style, the changes in his ideology over the years, and the mystery behind the total silence he maintained at the end of his career. Through Begin's remarkable life, the book also recounts the history of the right-wing segment of Israeli society, a story essential to understanding the Israel of today.

Revisionist Zionists --- Prime ministers --- Revisionists, Zionist --- Zionists --- Begin, Menachem, --- Beguin, Menajem, --- Begin, Menaḥem, --- Begin, Menahem Wolfovitch, --- Begin, Menahem, --- Begin, Menakhem, --- Бегин, Менахем, --- בגין, מנחם --- בגין, מנחם, --- בגין, מ. --- בייגין, מנחם --- בעגין, מנחם --- בעגין, מנחם, --- بيجن، مناحم --- Israel --- Politics and government --- Begin, Menachem, -- 1913-1992.. --- Revisionist Zionists -- Israel -- Biography.. --- Prime ministers -- Israel -- Biography.. --- Israel -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

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This book focuses on the nature of Israeli politics in the 'post-Begin' era. It examines significant contemporary issues such as the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon; the harnessing of the enormous inflation rate; the escalating tension between religious and secular Israeli Jews; the widening influence of radical right wing activist Rabbi Meir Kahane; the fluctuating relationship between Israel and the U.S.; the survival of the Likud Party; and changes in national electoral strategies of the major parties. It places recent events in Israeli politics in a historical context and suggests what the implications of these events might be for the future.

Political parties --- Begin, Menachem, --- Israel --- Politics and government --- Parties, Political --- Party systems, Political --- Political party systems --- Political science --- Divided government --- Intra-party disagreements (Political parties) --- Political conventions --- Beguin, Menajem, --- Begin, Menaḥem, --- Begin, Menahem Wolfovitch, --- Begin, Menahem, --- Begin, Menakhem, --- Бегин, Менахем, --- בגין, מנחם --- בגין, מנחם, --- בגין, מ. --- בייגין, מנחם --- בעגין, מנחם --- בעגין, מנחם, --- بيجن، مناحم --- Dawlat Isrāʼīl --- Država Izrael --- Dzi︠a︡rz︠h︡ava Izrailʹ --- Gosudarstvo Izrailʹ --- I-se-lieh --- Israele --- Isrāʼīl --- Isŭrael --- Isuraeru --- Izrael --- Izrailʹ --- Medinat Israel --- Medinat Yiśraʼel --- Stát Izrael --- State of Israel --- Yiselie --- Yiśraʼel --- Ισραήλ --- Израиль --- Государство Израиль --- Дзяржава Ізраіль --- Ізраіль --- מדינת ישראל --- ישראל --- إسرائيل --- دولة إسرائيل --- イスラエル --- 以色列 --- Palestine --- BEGIN, MENACHEM, 1913-1992 --- ISRAEL --- POLITICAL PARTIES --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY --- POLITICAL SCIENCE --- Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 --- Political Parties --- Biography & Autobiography --- Political Science --- Begin, menachem, 1913-1992 --- Biography & autobiography

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Most historians of Zionism - from the 'Jerusalem School' and its followers, as well as those who call themselves 'new historians' - understand the story of Israel's establishment as a part of a broader historic story that encompasses hundreds and even thousands of years. They consider the Zionist leadership to be a unified entity and thus relate the decision to establish the state of Israel during May 1948 to international, rather than internal, restraints and challenges. The author of this ...

Zionism --- Post-Zionism. --- Posṭ-Tsiyonut --- Postzionism --- Jews --- Judaism and state --- History. --- Identity --- Palestine --- History --- Begin, Menachem, --- Ben-Gurion, David, --- Loḥame ḥerut Yiśraʼel. --- Tenuʻat ha-meri ha-ʻIvri. --- 1900 - 1999 --- Green, David, --- Yariv, S. S., --- Bin Jūriyūn, --- Ben-Guryon, Daṿid, --- Grin, Daṿid, --- Gurion, David Ben-, --- Guryon, Daṿid Ben-, --- Gruen, David Joseph, --- Gryn, David, --- Ben Gourion, --- Ben Gourion, David, --- Grün, David, --- Beguin, Menajem, --- Begin, Menaḥem, --- Begin, Menahem Wolfovitch, --- Begin, Menahem, --- Begin, Menakhem, --- בו־גוריון, דוד --- בן גוריון --- בן גוריון, דוד, --- בן־גוריון, דוד, 1886־1973 --- בן־גוריון, דוד, --- בן־גוריון, דויד, --- בן־גוריון, ד. --- בן־גוריון, ד., 1886־1973 --- בן־גוריון, --- בן־גורין, דוד, --- בן־גריון, דוד --- בן־גריון, ד. י., --- בן-גוריון, דוד --- בן-גוריון, דוד, --- בן-גוריון, ד., --- בן-גוריון, --- יריב, ס. ש. --- יריב, ס. ש., --- بن-‌غوريون، دافيد --- Бегин, Менахем, --- בגין, מנחם --- בגין, מנחם, --- בגין, מ. --- בייגין, מנחם --- בעגין, מנחם --- בעגין, מנחם, --- بيجن، مناحم --- Irgun tsevaʼi leʼumi --- Loḥame ḥerut Yiśraʼel --- Haganah (Organization) --- Banda Stern --- Fighters for the Freedom of Israel --- Freedom Fighters of Israel --- L.E.H.I. --- LEHI --- Leḥi (Organization : Palestine) --- Loḥamim (Organization : Palestine) --- Stern Gang --- Stern Group --- תנועת המרי העברי --- לוחמי חורת ישראל --- לוחמי חירות ישראל --- לוחמי חרות ישראל --- לוחמי חרות ישראל (לח״י) --- לח״י --- לח״ייםך