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“No more wars, no more bloodshed, and no more threats.”

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Menachem Begin, a former Prime Minister of Israel, was born on August 16, 1913, and passed away on March 9, 1992. He played a significant role in the Israeli War of Independence and the early years of the state of Israel, being one of the key figures in the Zionist movement. more

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“We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds. But it was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying... It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce 'the policy of strength' toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.”

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“It is not in our hands to prevent the murder of workers… and families… but it is in our hands to fix a high price for our blood, so high that the Arab community and the Arab military forces will not be willing to pay it.”

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