PRIME MINISTER MENACHEM BEGIN (ISRAEL) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 265652
Sale Price $325.00
Reg. $400.00
MENACHEM BEGIN
Black and white casual photograph of Menachem Begin at a restaurant with Henny
Youngman.
Photograph signed: "M Begin". B/w, 8½x6¾ visible, matted to 8x10. Shown seated at a
restaurant table with U.S. comedian Henny Youngman (not signing). Vintage photo. Born in
Poland, Begin (1913-1992) reached British Palestine in 1943 to participate in the struggle
for an independent state of Israel. He served in the Knesset from its first session. In 1973, the
Likud Party was formed and Begin became its leader. When Likud won the elections in
1977, he became Prime Minister. Begin and Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat
received the Nobel Peace Prize for the peace treaty they signed in 1978, after much of the
Sinai was returned to Egypt. In June 1981, Begin asked the Cabinet to approve the bombing of
the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak. On Shavuot, Israeli planes flew below radar detection
through Arab air space and destroyed the facility, which Israel later claimed had been primed
for a start up. In 1982, Begin authorized the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. In failing health and
following the death of his wife, Aliza, Begin stepped down in September 1983. Many vertical
scratches, visible on features and at signature. Otherwise, fine condition. Matted by unknown
individual. Not reviewed by us for conservation integrity. "As is" matting purchase.
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