Yitzhak Shamir
Yitzhak Shamir (1915-2012) was twice Prime Minister of Israel.[1]
Early Life
He was born in Ruzinoy, Poland (now in Belarus). He emigrated to what was then Mandate Palestine in 1935.[1]
Irgun and Lehi
Shamir joined the Irgun Zvai Leumi in 1937.[1]
Shamir's mother and sister were killed during the holocaust in Europe.[1]
Shamir was a founder member of the Irgun breakaway Lehi. He joined the Lehi leadership in 1942. He was involved in planning the assassination of Lord Moyne in Cairo in 1944, the bombing of the King David Hotel in 1946, and the assassination of the UN Count Folke Bernadotte in 1948. For a period in 1946, he was interned by the British in Eritrea, but escaped to France, where he received political asylum, before returning to Palestine prior to Israeli independence in 1948.[1]
