World & Nation
Obituary: Yitzhak Shamir served four terms as prime minister in the 1980s and early ‘90s. His unyielding pro-settlement views and hard-line stance toward the Palestinians often exasperated U.S. policymakers.
July 1, 2012
Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, 77, has been hospitalized after feeling ill, Israel Radio reported Sunday.
Nov. 30, 1992
Hard-line Israeli politician Ariel Sharon--who organized the 1982 invasion of Lebanon and admitted his mistake in allowing Christians to slaughter Palestinians in refugee camps--has called Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir “dangerous.”
Feb. 17, 1990
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has no plans to step down as leader of the right-wing Likud Party, despite his government’s defeat in a parliamentary no-confidence vote, a Shamir aide said today.
March 16, 1990
Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96; former Israeli prime minister
Israeli officials sharply played down Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s offer to withdraw troops from some Palestinian communities in the occupied territories, after strong opposition from Jewish settlers.
Feb. 3, 1989
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, his family’s only survivor of the Nazi Holocaust in World War II, has publicly revealed how they perished.
May 4, 1989
Israeli leaders continued to quarrel over key jobs in the next government, delaying for a second day Shimon Peres’ promised transfer of power to Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
Oct. 16, 1986
Israel’s right-wing Herut Party, linchpin of the Likud Bloc, opened its convention, and former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin named Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir as his choice to succeed him as leader of the divided party.
March 10, 1986
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir vowed that the West Bank and Gaza Strip will remain in Israeli hands “forever,” drawing loud applause from delegates to a convention of his right-wing Herut Party.
March 30, 1987