Menachem Begin28 August 1983
Israels PM Begin announced his intention to resign as fighting continued in Lebanon with no apparent end in sight
Israel · Government / Government of Israel. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Israels PM Begin announced his intention to resign as fighting continued in Lebanon with no apparent end in sight
Yitzhak Shamir, the Foreign Minister of Israel, is elected to succeed PM Menachem Begin as leader of the governing Herut Party
Resigns due to ill health
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