Menachem Begin: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Biographies include Eithan Haber, Menahem Begin, trans. from Hebrew (1978); Eric Silver, Begin (1984); Amos Perlmutter, The Life and Times of Menachem Begin (1987); and Ned Temko, To Win or to Die: A Personal Portrait of Menachem Begin (1987). Begin’s policies are analyzed in detail in Ilan Peleg, Begin’s Foreign Policy, 1977–1983 (1987); and Sasson Sofer, Begin: An Anatomy of Leadership (1988).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Mar 05, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Foreign Policy Research Institute - Menachem Begin and His Lasting Contribution to Israeli Foreign Policy and National Security. | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Menachem Begin at the National Press Club, March 23, 1978 (PDF). | Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Likud Party - Biography of Menachem Begin. | Jul 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Israeli Missions Around The World - Menachem Begin. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Profile: Menachem Begin. | Nov 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennest - Prime Minister Menachem Begin (1913-1992). | Jun 09, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Apr 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The new website for services and government information - Biography of Menachem Begin. | Jan 31, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Menachem Begin, Guerrilla Leader Who Became Peacemaker. | Dec 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Menachem Begin and Israel. | Dec 09, 2016 | ||
| In reference to the year in which he became joint chairman of the Likud coalition, changed "1970" to "1973." |
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Oct 30, 2015 | |
| Add new Web site: Jewish Agency for Israel - Biography of Menachem Begin. | Jan 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Prime Minister's Office - Biography of Menachem Begin. | Jan 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Biography of Menachim Begin. | Jan 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Menachem Begin. | Jan 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Biography of Menachem Begin. | Jan 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Menachem Begin. | Jan 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Zionism and Israel Information Center - Biography of Menachem Begin. | Jan 23, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Menachem Begin. | Jan 23, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 06, 2012 | ||
| The elections in which Begin won a second term were in 1981, not 1980. | Jul 12, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Biography of Menachem Begin. | Jul 25, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 14, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 27, 1999 |
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