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Avi Shilon

Avi Shilon is a postdoctoral fellow at Ben-Gurion University. He is the author of Menachem Begin: A Life (Yale University Press) and Ben-Gurion: His Later Years in the Political Wilderness (Rowman & Littlefield).

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What If Everyone Is Right?

Avi Shilon

What If Everyone Is Right?

March 24, 2014

When Menachem Begin led the Likud to victory in 1977, Yitzhak Ben-Aharon spoke for many in the Israeli political establishment when he said that “if this is the will of the people, we have to replace the people.” Begin’s image has evolved, but he remains a contested figure.

Avi Shilon

What If Everyone Is Right?

Missing Menachem