Yitzhak Shamir
Yitzhak Shamir (Hebrew: יצחק שמיר, Arabic: إسحاق شامير, Is'haq Shameer; born Icchak Jeziernicky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–84 and 1988–1992. Before the establishment of the State of Israel, Shamir was a member of Lehi, and one of its commanders after Avraham Stern was killed. After the establishment of the State of Israel he served in the Mossad between 1955-65, a Knesset Member, a Knesset Speaker and a Foreign Affairs Minister. Shamir was the country's third longest-serving prime minister after David Ben-Gurion and Benjamin Netanyahu.
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“Should there be maniacs who raise the idea, they will encounter an iron fist which will leave no trace of such attempts.”
—Yitzhak Shamir (b. 1915)