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Yitzhak Shamir
Yitzhak Shamir , 1915-, Zionist activist and Israeli politician, b. Poland. Emigrating (1935) to Palestine, he was twice arrested by the British for participating in a militant Jewish organization; in 1946 he fled to France. Returning (1948) to Israel , he served in the secret service until 1965.... Read more |
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Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres , 1923-, Israeli politician, b. Vishniva, Poland (now in Belarus) as Shimon Perski. He and his parents emigrated to Palestine in 1934; his grandparents were killed in the Holocaust . Before the birth of the Israeli nation (1949) he served as manpower chief of the Haganah, the fledgling... Read more |
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu , 1949-, Israeli diplomat and politician, prime minister of Israel (1996-99), b. Tel Aviv. A member of the conservative Likud party, the self-assured Netanyahu, known universally in Israel as "BiBi," attended high school in the United States, where his father was a history... Read more |
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Warren M Christopher
Warren M. Christopher (Warren Minor Christopher), 1925-, U.S. government official, b. Scranton, N.Dak. He studied law at Stanford Univ. (1946-49) and was a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (1949-50). He has been in private practice several times and had been appointed to a number... Read more |
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Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin , 1922-95, Israeli general and statesman, b. Jerusalem, the first native-born prime minister of Israel (1974-77, 1992-95). His extensive military experience began in 1940 when he joined the Haganah (Jewish militia) and thereafter fought in the British army. He rose in rank from brigade... Read more |
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Henry Alfred Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger , 1923-, American political scientist and U.S. secretary of state (1973-77), b. Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1938. A leading expert on international relations and nuclear defense policy, Kissinger taught (1957-69) at Harvard and served as a consultant to... Read more |
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Terry Waite
Terry Waite (Terence Waite), 1939-, British church official. An adviser to Robert Runcie , the Archbishop of Canterbury, he successfully negotiated the release of British hostages in Iran (1981) and Libya (1985). His later efforts to free U.S. hostages in Beirut were unsuccessful and were... Read more |
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Rolonda Watts
Rolonda Watts 1959– Television journalist, talk show host <... Read more |
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Shamir, Yitzhak
Shamir, Yitzhak (born Yitzhak Jazernicki) (1915...On Menachem Begin's retirement in 1983, Shamir became Premier, but his Likud party was...withdrew support as a protest against peace talks with Palestinians. |
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Peres, Shimon
...elections and was forced to support Shamir as Finance Minister. He rebelled against the government in 1990, and Shamir formed a government without him...the driving force behind a series of talks which culminated in the Oslo Accords... |
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Israel
...the Likud Party, Yitzhak SHAMIR, led a government (1986...sessions of Middle East peace talks. Israel also indicated the...Arab—Israeli peace talks were disrupted in late 1992...1993, Middle East peace talks resumed but remained deadlocked... |
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Shevardnadze, Shamir Talk of Renewing Ties; Problems Remain Before...
...the administration that Shamir had acted in bad faith...Bank and Gaza Strip. The Shamir plan, outlined during...subsequently suggested that talks preceding the proposed...Arab East Jerusalem. But Shamir rejected that idea. |
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Shultz, Shamir talk fails to bridge peace plan rift
...the plan on the eve of Shamir's U.S. visit. The...November, being moved up. Shamir opposes the plan's call...for direct Israeli-Arab talks on the status of the occupied...West Bank and Gaza Strip. Shamir also objects to the U... |
 "The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)")
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Shamir Talk Inspires Pledges Of $13M From Mass. Investors.
Byline: Keva, Bette Shamir Talk Inspires Pledges Of $13M From Mass. Investors. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir gave a stirring speech to 50 major...Israel. After the speech in which Shamir emphasized Israel's great economic... |
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Bush-Shamir talks yield little // Scant progress seen on peace impasse
...the apartheid regime. Shamir said at a press conference...military contracts. After Shamir and Baker met for two hours...not specify how. Their talks focused on Israel's plan...the balloting under way. Shamir then conferred for another... |
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The Bush-Shamir Talks
...Americans chafe as they do. Yitzhak Shamir meets George Bush in Washington...PLO's position on Israel, Mr. Shamir put forward a peace plan. He sidetracked...manipulation. Mr. Bush and Mr. Shamir need to talk about how to face Iraq, or at least... |
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Shamir's Talks With Palestinians Stir Controversies on Both Sides
...Shamir insisted that his talks did not involve the PLO...independent. Still, Shamir's talk with Tarifi-the only...appeared to have cornered Shamir into accepting tough constraints...territory ceased, and that no talks would ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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SHULTZ: MY BID GAINS SHAMIR TALKS RESUMED.(Main)
...with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir Sunday night over dinner...Amman for a second round of talks with Jordanian officials...opening Arab-Israeli peace talks and halting violence in...that Mubarak last month in talks with President Reagan in... |
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Mivtach Shamir in talks to buy Israel Salt
...Industries confirmed that talks had taken place but that...also said that Mivtach Shamir's filing with the US...shares, with Mivtach Shamir offering 1.1 million...takes place, Mivtach Shamir's stake will fall to...While declining to talk ... |
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Shamir Asks Talks on Water, Arms;Israeli Leader Also Hints at Dismantling...
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir today proposed regional talks on water sharing and disarmament...reserves in the Middle East. Shamir spoke on Israel television on...dismantle nonconventional weapons, Shamir answered: "I said that Israel... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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JORDAN REJECTS SHAMIR'S TALKS PLAN
...prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir, that Arab-Israeli peace...This is an attempt by Shamir to sugarcoat his position...to feel," Rifai said. Shamir made his proposal Sunday...should open preliminary talks on convening a Middle East... |
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