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Avrohom Shmuel Lewin

Many of the assumptions proposed by Israel’s military establishment ahead of land withdrawals have proven false, while the social impact of such evacuations have left deep scars.
Avigdor Kahalani, who was awarded Israel’s highest military medal for defending the Golan Heights from the Syrians in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, recounts those heroic war efforts.
“The reason the center-right is the largest bloc in Israel is because people have become very disenchanted with the sort of cultish, irrational positions of the left, whether on strategic or economic or social issues.”
In an exclusive interview, Yair Shamir clarifies why acting Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz was out of context when he quoted his father, former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, and reveals some new information about his father, including his thoughts on the Camp David Accords, the Madrid Peace Conference and his great appreciation for cantorial music.
“Early on, we asked ourselves, how will me measure success? Will we have Jewish grandchildren?”