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Begin, Menachem
as prime minister of Israel
members of his government
policies
West Bank settlements
association with Jewish terrorism
conflicts with David Ben-Gurion
election win, 1977
invasion of Lebanon
leadership of Irgun Zvai Leumi
Lebanese Civil War
Likud
Nobel Peace Prize
peace between Israel and Egypt
pictures of Menachem Begin
resignation
return of the Sinai to Egypt
terrorism during his period as prime minister
1977: Israel
The Labor Party, which had governed Israel since the state's founding in 1948, was defeated in general elections on May 17 by the center-right Likud bloc, led by Menahem Begin. This upheaval, the biggest in Israel's political history, dominated both internal and external affairs during the year.
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