Daniel Gordis
Daniel Gordis is the Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College in Jerusalem and the author of the ongoing online column, Israel from the Inside.
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Lesson 6 of 6·Menachem Begin: Israel’s Jewish Prime Minister
The Lebanon War and the End of Begin’s Life—1982-1993
In the final lecture of this course, Professor Gordis covers the end of Menachem Begin's life and career. Begin's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 was controversial, and Israel's conduct in the war was even more so. The criticism wore him down, and eventually he resigned, having given everything he could to the Jewish people. Begin lived the rest of his life in seclusion before dying in 1992. At his request, he was buried on the Mount of Olives next to two martyred Irgun fighters.
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1 of 6 The First Phase—1913-1942
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2 of 6 The Second Phase—1942-1948
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3 of 6 Begin and Ben-Gurion—1948-1953
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4 of 6 The Opposition Years and Begin’s Election—1953-1977
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5 of 6 What Does the Jewish People Now Need?—1977-1981
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