Born in Belarus, Begin joined the Revisionist Betar movement and escaped Nazis and Soviets to reach Palestine. He led the Irgun, then spent three decades in the political opposition, including arguing against German reparations. In 1977 he was elected prime minister at the head of Likud. He negotiated the 1978 Camp David Accords, for which he shared the Nobel Peace Prize, and signed the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. He invaded Lebanon in 1982 and insisted on Israeli control of the West Bank.
The June 2026 U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding as read to reporters by a U.S. official, although the White House did not publish the text.
While taking a victory lap over a preliminary, limited agreement to end the war with Iran, President Trump criticizes and creates distance from Israel.
The success or failure of 2026 U.S.-Iran negotiations may be judged by the elements President Trump listed in 2018.
President Trump in 2018 enumerates the behaviors Iran must change to enter a deal replacing the JPOA and thus creates a basis for judging his own negotiations with Tehran.
Antony Blinken pleads with Congress not to expand sanctions on Iran amid negotiations to contain Tehran’s nuclear program.
The Board of Peace’s high commissioner for Gaza presents and explains the 15-point plan to fully implement the 20-point ceasefire and reconstruction plan for the Strip.
In its first progress report on the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire and recovery efforts, the Board of Peace cites several successes but comes back to the perpetual problem of heavily armed Hamas.
May 29, 2026 Compiled by Maya Rezak and Ken Stein Ariel Admoni, “The Crisis That Wasn’t: Qatar-Hamas Ties in the Shadow of the War With Iran,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, May 20, 2026….
Update June 9, 2026; originally posted June 2021. Compiled by Dr. Ken Stein, CIE President, June 9, 2026 These sources and references unfold the history of the Jewish state through 1949, from state-seeking to state-making…
