Pinhas Sapir, 1906-1975CIE+
Labor Party politician Sapir played a vital role in the development of the Israeli economy. Born in Poland as Pinhas Kozlowski, he immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1929. He served in the Cabinet…
Yitzhak Shamir, 1915-2012CIE+
Belarus-born Shamir was the seventh prime minister, serving two terms between 1983 and 1992. He was a Lehi leader during the British Mandate. As a Likud prime minister, he approved Operation Solomon to airlift in…
Natan Sharansky, 1948-CIE+
One of the most famous Jewish refuseniks in the Soviet Union, Natan Sharansky survived Siberian imprisonment to make it to Israel, where he became a politician, author and Jewish Agency chairman.
Moshe Sharett, 1894-1965CIE+
The first foreign minister and second prime minister of Israel, Ukraine-born Sharett (originally Shertok) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of the key negotiators of cease-fire agreements that ended the War…
Ariel Sharon, 1928-2014CIE+
Sharon led IDF commandos in the 1950s, was a field commander in 1967 and drove the Sinai counteroffensive in 1973. As defense minister, he launched the First Lebanon War, which resulted in an 18-year occupation,…
Yosef Sprinzak, 1885-1959CIE+
Originally from Moscow, Sprinzak was the first speaker of the Knesset, a position he held until his death. He was interim president after Chaim Weizmann died. After immigrating to Palestine during the Second Aliyah, Sprinzak…
