Menachem Begin

Menachem Begin
In 1978
Born	Menachem Begin 16 August 1913 Brest, Russian Empire, Brest
Died	9 March 1992 (Age 78) Tel Aviv, Israel
Alma mater	University of Warsaw
Religion	Judaism
Children	• Ze'ev Binyamin • Hasia Leah
Spouse	Aliza Arnold
Founder of	Likud
Party	Herut, Likud
Prime Minister of Israel In office 21 June 1977 - 10 October 1983 Preceded by Shimon Peres Succeeded by Yitzhak Shamir  Minister of Defense In office 28 May 1980 - 5 August 1981  Minister of Defense In office 14 February 1983 - 23 February 1983

“In June 1967, we again had a choice. The Egyptian Army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him.”
Menachem Begin (August 1982) 

1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism

Full article: Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism

Menachem Begin spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Freedom Fighters and Terrorists".

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism	2 July 1979	5 July 1979	Israel Jerusalem	The birthplace of the "War on Terror" doctrine, "a major international forum for the movement against détente".

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