Yitzhak Shamir Biography and Timeline

Party Leader

Yitzhak Shamir, the Foreign Minister of Israel, is elected to succeed PM Menachem Begin as leader of the governing Herut Party

Peace

A Peace Treaty is signed between Israel & Lebanon but not ratified

Role range: 1983-1984

Prime Minister of Israel

Appointed Prime Minister of Israel, 1st term

Role range: 1983-1984

Election

Shamirs Likuud Party wins 44 seats, no party has a majority

Role range: 1984-1986

Prime Minister of Israel

Appointed Prime Minister of Israel, 2nd term

Role range: 1986-1992

Intifada, 1st

Chairs the Israeli government as the First Intifada begins in Gaza and spreads to the West Bank.

Role range: 1986-1992

Intifada, 1st

Shamir leads the Israeli government as protests and confrontations spread in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Role range: 1986-1992

Intifada

conflicts erupted between Palestinians and the Israeli authorities, the most serious was the First Intifada in 1987 and Gaza became a centre of confrontation

Role range: 1986-1992

Rule of Gaza

conflicts erupted between Palestinians and the Israeli authorities, the most serious was the First Intifada in 1987 and Gaza became a centre of confrontation

Role range: 1986-1992

Rebellion of Rebels in Gaza

A PLO outbreak or intafada takes place in the West Bank & Gaza

Role range: 1986-1992

Elections

Leads Likud through elections overshadowed by the First Intifada and the future of the occupied territories.

Role range: 1986-1992

Israeli Peace Initiative

Shamir's cabinet approves a plan proposing Palestinian elections in the occupied territories followed by negotiations over interim self-government.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1986-1992

Shamir Plan

Presents an initiative for Palestinian elections and limited autonomy while rejecting direct PLO negotiations.

Role range: 1986-1992

Hamas Designated Terrorist Organization

Shamir's government formally designates Hamas a terrorist organization as Israeli authorities expand measures against the movement.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1986-1992

Dismissal

Peres dismissal by Shamir leads to the fall of the Government

Role range: 1989-1990

Government

Forms a new right-wing Government

Temple Mount Killings

Faces intensified unrest after Israeli police kill Palestinians at the Temple Mount Haram al Sharif.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1986-1992

Israeli Restraint after Scud Attacks

Shamir withholds immediate retaliation while consulting the United States and coalition governments.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1986-1992

Intifada, 1st

Israel attends the Madrid Conference as the First Intifada helps force renewed peace diplomacy

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1986-1992

Madrid Conference

Leads Israel to the Madrid Conference, opening direct talks after years of Intifada violence.

Role range: 1986-1992

Dismissal

The Government collapses after the right resigns over plans for Palestinian self-rule

Role range: 1986-1992

Rule of Palestine

The Government collapses after the right resigns over plans for Palestinian self-rule

Role range: 1986-1992

Bombing of Iraq

The Israeli military discloses in 2003 that it had planned a daring assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein in 1992, the plot would have involved landing commandos in Iraq and firing sophisticated missiles at him during a funeral

Role range: 1986-1992

Diplomatic Plan

The Israeli military discloses in 2003 that it had planned a daring assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein in 1992, the plot would have involved landing commandos in Iraq and firing sophisticated missiles at him during a funeral

Role range: 1986-1992