Benny Begin honored his father’s legacy at a Jerusalem event marking 46 years of Israel-Egypt peace, highlighting Menachem Begin’s principles and diplomacy.

Menachem Begin, 78, pugnacious former Israeli prime minister who made peace with Egypt through the Camp David Accords, signed in 1979, but led his nation into a politically disastrous war in ...

Menachem Begin was born in the town of Brest-Litovsk in what was then the Russian Empire. His father had an intense admiration for the Germans, while Menachem received a traditional Jewish upbringing.

Benny Begin honored his father’s legacy at a Jerusalem event marking 46 years of Israel-Egypt peace, highlighting Menachem Begin’s principles and diplomacy.

Menachem Begin, the former Israeli prime minister whose uncompromising vision of Eretz Israel redefined the political map of the Middle East, died early Monday. He was 78.Mr. Begin, who had become ...

Though he has been dead 27 years, Mr. Begin’s legacy is being selectively invoked by parties across the political spectrum ahead of the April 9 election.

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