Lehi leader and prime minister
Yitzhak Shamir
He led Lehi, voted against the treaty with Egypt, and as prime minister kept the Lebanon presence and the settlements amid extreme inflation.
What the sources say
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3 statements
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Lehi, under Yitzhak Shamir, assassinated Lord Moyne in 1944 and Count Folke Bernadotte in 1948.
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Yitzhak Shamir had opposed the Egyptian treaty. As prime minister he held onto Lebanon and continued the settlement line of the man he replaced.
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Under Shamir, inflation hit 400 percent a year, with panic on the Tel Aviv exchange and a run on the banks.