Word: menachim
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...goes further in its irresponsible comparisons, drawing a parallel between former Israeli prime minister Menachim Begin and Hamas leader Mahmoud a-Zahhar. Unlike a-Zahhar, Begin, by his election in 1977, had already served in a democratic parliament for 29 years and been three decades removed from the activity of the militant Irgun group, which was formally dissolved at the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Thus, despite his participation in attacks against the British army under the mandate, both the Likud and Begin were far removed from the activities and the ideology of the Irgun. A-Zahhar...