What is Menachem Begin?
{{Infobox prime minister |name=Menachem Begin<br />מנחם בגין |image=Menachem Begin, Andrews AFB, 1978.JPG |imagesize= |order=[[List of Prime Ministers of Israel|6th]] |office=Prime Minister of Israel |term_start=21 June 1977 |term_end=10 October 1983 |president = [[Ephraim Katzir]]<br />[[Yitzhak Navon]]<br />[[Chaim Herzog]] |predecessor=[[Yitzhak Rabin]] |successor=[[Yitzhak Shamir]] |office2 =[[Ministry of Defense (Israel)|Minister of Defense]] |primeminister2 ='''Himself''' |term_start2 = 28 May 1980 |term_end2 = 5 August 1981 |predecessor2 =[[Ezer Weizman]] |successor2 =[[Ariel Sharon]] |primeminister3 ='''Himself''' |term_start3 = 14 February 1983 |term_end3 = 23 February 1983 |predecessor3 =[[Ariel Sharon]] |successor3 =[[Moshe Arens]] |birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1913|8|16}} |birth_place=[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]], [[Russian Empire]] |death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|1992|3|9|1913|8|16}} |death_place=[[Tel Aviv]], Israel |party = [[Herut]] <small>(1948-1988)</small><br>[[Likud]] <small>(1988-1992)</small> |spouse = Aliza Arnold (1939–82) |children = [[Benny Begin|Ze'ev Binyamin]]<br />Hasia<br />Leah |alma_mater = [[University of Warsaw]] |signature = Menachem Begin signature - he.svg }} {{nobelprize|Peace}} '''Menachem Begin''' (16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an [[Israelis|Israeli]] politician. Originally a Zionist activist in [[Eastern Europe]], he later became Prime Minister of Israel. [[File:FAMILY PICTURE OF MENAHEM BEGIN (TOP L) WITH SISTER RACHEL AND LATE BROTHER HERZL WITH THEIR PARENTS IN THEIR HOME TOWN IN POLAND. תצלום משפחתי של מנחD690-049.jpg|thumb|260px|left|The Begin family of Brest-Litovsk Jewish community; Back row: Left to right: Herzl; Menahem; Rachel [Begin] Halpern. In Front left to right:Hassia and Zeev Dov Begin 12 December 1932. Zeev Dov; Hassia; and Herzl Begin did not survive the Shoah 1933-1945]] In 1941 he joined the Free Polish army. This is how he arrived in [[Mandatory Palestine]] in 1942. In 1942, Begin joined the [[Irgun]]