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The life and times of Menahem Begin: Rebel to statesman
382 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1979
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November 8, 2021
A comprehensive, well documented and thoroughly readable biography of this great son of Israel and statesman. covers his life from his boyhood in Poland as a Betarist,and his early support for his mentor Vladimir Jabotinsky. Begin was imprisoned in the Soviet Union's hellish gulag system accused of being a British spy while on his return to pre-state Israel he was hunted by the British colonial administration. which ruthlessly executed and tortured Jews in the Palestine Mandate , and was responsible for the sinking of ships-the Struma and Patria carrying Jewish refugees, including many children, from Nazism..
Begin's family were murdered by the Nazis, and he resented Germany as a result for the rest of his life.
This book cover Begin's life as an underground guerilla fighter against British colonial rule of pre-state Israel, and his role in the War of Independence, the Altalena tragedy and the truth about the so-called Deir Yassin massacre. It describes Begin's role as leader of the opposition Herut Party for 30 years and his election as Prime Minister of Israel in the 1977 turnaround in Israeli politics. mush of the book deals with the peace process between Israel and Egypt which earned Begin and Sadat the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. It details Begin's modest personal habits and talks about his family.
It is also a history of the Jews in Israel during the times of Begin, who described the relationship between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel thus in a discussion with Sadat: "No Mr President, we did not take srangee land , we returned to our homeland. The link between our nation and this land is eternal. It began in the dim days of history. It has never been cut. In this land we created our culture, here our prophets prophesied...here the kings of Judah and Israel ruled. Here we became a nation. And when we were exiled from our land because of the force that was applied against us and when we were thrust far from our land., we never forgot this land even for one day. We longed for her. We prayed for her"
Menachem Begin was a true patriot and inspiration to the Jewish people.
Begin's family were murdered by the Nazis, and he resented Germany as a result for the rest of his life.
This book cover Begin's life as an underground guerilla fighter against British colonial rule of pre-state Israel, and his role in the War of Independence, the Altalena tragedy and the truth about the so-called Deir Yassin massacre. It describes Begin's role as leader of the opposition Herut Party for 30 years and his election as Prime Minister of Israel in the 1977 turnaround in Israeli politics. mush of the book deals with the peace process between Israel and Egypt which earned Begin and Sadat the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. It details Begin's modest personal habits and talks about his family.
It is also a history of the Jews in Israel during the times of Begin, who described the relationship between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel thus in a discussion with Sadat: "No Mr President, we did not take srangee land , we returned to our homeland. The link between our nation and this land is eternal. It began in the dim days of history. It has never been cut. In this land we created our culture, here our prophets prophesied...here the kings of Judah and Israel ruled. Here we became a nation. And when we were exiled from our land because of the force that was applied against us and when we were thrust far from our land., we never forgot this land even for one day. We longed for her. We prayed for her"
Menachem Begin was a true patriot and inspiration to the Jewish people.
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