Yitzhak Shamir - 95

Last night, the Begin Heritage Center hosted a birthday event, initiated by the Lechi Veterans' Association, marking Yiyzhak Shamir's 95th birthday. Shamir arrived in Israel in 1937 as a Betari to study at the Hebrew University, joined the Irgun, became a commander of the Lechi, a Mossad agent and eventually, Israel's 7th Prime Minister.

Some pictures:

 a)   Minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks.  The two other speakers were Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, Shamir's advisor at the Foreign Ministry, and Shabtai Shavit, former head of the Mossad.

 b) Yair, center, Shamir's son

c) Minsiters Dan Meridor and Moshe Ya'alon and partially obscured, former and Israel Ambassador to the US, Minister Moshe Arens


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