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Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies

Posted By On Jun 30, 2012 Israel

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who balked at the vision promoted by the United States of trading occupied land for peace with the Palestinians, died on Saturday after a long illness. He was 96. The second longest-serving prime minister after Israel's founder David Ben-Gurion, Shamir clung to the status quo. Admirers saw strength and resolve in his position …

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