He was lionized by some, demonized by others, but his love of the Jewish people and his heroism in the service of their national homeland were never questioned. Menachem Begin was a participant in the major events in modern Jewish history: the evolution of Zionism, resistance to the Nazi genocide, Soviet conquest of Eastern Europe, struggle against British rule in Palestine, founding of the state of Israel and the peace treaty with Egypt, which won him a Nobel Prize.īegin was a controversial figure, commander of the Irgun, an underground Army which fought against the British Mandatory regime in Palestine.
To have flourished- Begin led the first Jewish nationalist revolution in nearly 2,000 years and signed the first peace treaty in Israeli history- ranks as something of a miracle” -Sidney Zion, 1983 To have survived would have been impressive enough. Menachem Begin was run out of Poland by the Nazis, imprisoned by the Soviets, hunted by the British and nearly murdered by the Jews.
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