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Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin as Prime Minister
MENACHEM BEGIN (1913-1992). Zionist leader, Prime Minister of Israel (1977-1983), Nobel Peace Prize.
June 21, 1981-Dated, Decorative "Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies" Certificate boldly Signed, "M. Begin" as Prime Minister, 8.25" x 11.75", Choice Crisp Near Mint. Begin signs at lower center with six others above each title: Rosh Yeshiva, "B. Horovitz", Mashgiach, "Y Sitzman", Vice Principal, "A Carnell", Faculty, "J. Krupnik", Executive Director, "M Alexander", and Dinner Chairman, " Morle Rose". Center text reads: "Presented to / Joseph & Faye Tanenbaum / the builders, with God's help, of Jerusalem of Heaven and Earth, / Guests of Honor of the Campus founder's dinner of the Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies Dvar Yerushalayim".
Zionist leader Menachem Begin was Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for the peace treaty concluded between Israel and Egypt.
Begin joined the militant Irgun Zvai Leumi and was its commander from 1943 to 1948. After Israel's independence in 1948, the Irgun formed the Herut ("Freedom") Party with Begin as its head and leader of the opposition in the Knesset (Parliament) until 1967. Begin joined the National Unity government (1967-1970) as a minister without portfolio and in 1973 became joint chairman of the Likud ("Unity") coalition.
On May 17, 1977, the Likud Party won a national electoral victory and on June 21st Begin formed a government. He was perhaps best known for his uncompromising stand on the question of retaining the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which had been occupied by Israel during the Arab-Israeli War of 1967. Prodded by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, however, Begin negotiated with Pres. Anwar Sadat of Egypt for peace in the Middle East, and the agreements they reached, known as the Camp David Accords (September 17, 1978), led directly to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that was signed on March 26, 1979.
Jimmy Carter was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." Under the terms of the peace treaty, Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula, which it had occupied since the 1967 war, to Egypt in exchange for full diplomatic recognition.
Dvar Yerushalayim, (Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies) is a yeshiva located in Jerusalem. The yeshiva was founded in 1970 by Rabbi Boruch Horovitz.
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