Shamir, Yitzhak (1915-2012)
Né/born Icchak Jeziernicky
- Quotation from Yitzhak Shamir “It is doubtful that we would have been able to create an independent Jewish State” — Oct. 27 1998
In an interview, explains that without the terrorism of which he was a leader; Israel might never have come into existence. - Quotation from Yitzhak Shamir “The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism” — Feb. 21 1997
Former Lehi terrorist then former Prime Minister. - Quotation from Yitzhak Shamir “In the meantime we would have reached half a million people” — June 27 1992
Immediately after his defeat in the elections, in an interview with the newspaper Maariv , indicating the path actually followed after the Oslo Accords. - Quotation from Yitzhak Shamir “It is permissible to lie for the sake of the Land of Israel” — 1992
The former terrorist, now Prime Minister, has repeated many times what he was practicing. - Quotation from Yitzhak Shamir “Settling the Jews up to where the horizon extends” — Sep. 25 1991
Then Prime Minister of Israel, in the daily Haaretz, announces the intention of unlimited Jewish settlement. - Quotation from Yitzhak Shamir “The whole Land of Israel belongs to us” — Sep. 17 1991
Then Prime Minister of Israel, interviewed by the daily Hadashot. "Land of Israel", as undefined as "Biblical Lands", extends beyond the Palestine of the British Mandate. - Quotation from Yitzhak Shamir “To keep Eretz Israel … for the Jewish people, all of whom will be gathered” — Nov. 1990
Statement by former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, at a memorial service for former Likud leaders in Tel Aviv, November 1990. - Quotation from Yitzhak Shamir “They are like grasshoppers compared to us” — Mar. 31 1988
Former Lehi terrorist, then Prime Minister, in a speech from Herodion to Jewish settlers.