![Guards carrying the coffin carrying of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir from the Knesset on the way to his funeral at Mount Herzl, Israels national cemetery, July 2, 2012.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/e21e7a81e22f98401092be098ade5403.jpg)
Shamir remembered for saying little, standing strong
By Ron Kampeas, JTA
• Published July 2, 2012
![Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir in his office in Jerusalem in 1992, one week before he lost the elections to the Labors Yitzhak Rabin.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/669cd08aa339c3b019646c50f11eda6e-1.jpg)
Yitzhak Shamir, former Israeli prime minister, dies at 96
JTA
• Published July 1, 2012
![Israeli President Shimon Peres, center, meets with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro, right, and former Major Leaguer Brad Ausmus, who will manage Israel’s team in the World Baseball Classic, in Jerusalem, May 24, 2012.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cb37887dd948207c2e9cc5d394fe2f89.jpg)
Shimon Peres has journeyed from ‘loser’ to Israel’s most popular public figure
By Ron Kampeas, JTA
• Published June 14, 2012
![Shelly Yacimovich, head of the Labor Party, during the partys meeting in the Knesset with a photo of slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the background, Jan. 30, 2012.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/a44f4f27bf0587f755e21f977b0a8700.jpg)
With Obama and Bibi both running, is 2012 a replay of 1988 or 1992?
By Ron Kampeas, JTA
• Published May 1, 2012
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