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Menachem Begin

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The Resume

    (August 16, 1913-March 9, 1992)
    Prime Minister of Israel (1977-1983)
    Established the right-wing Herut Party (later became Likud)
    Headed Zionist National Military Organization (aka Irgun and Etzel)
    Published ‘White Nights' and ‘The Revolt'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was criticized as being too radically militant and nationalist.
    As head of Irgun, he organized militant attacks against the British in an attempt to force them out of Palestine.
    He unsuccessfully ran for Prime Minister of Israel eight times before being elected (1977).
    He believed in a 'greater Israel' in which he pushed for and oversaw increased Jewish settlements in the heavily Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip.
    He authorized Israeli troops to invade southern Lebanon, resulting in war between Israel, the PLO, Lebanon and Syria (1982).
    He had a long running feud with former Israeli Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His parents were both killed during the Holocaust.
    After Israel became a sovereign nation, he quelled his Irgun troops to prevent an Israeli Civil War.
    He signed the historic Camp David Peace Accord with Egypt's Anwar Sadat, handing over the Sinai Peninsula in return for peace.
    He and Sadat later won the Nobel Peace Prize for signing the peace treaty (1978).
    He was ordered to spend two years in a Siberian prison by Josef Stalin.
    He graduated Warsaw University with a law degree (1935).

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2135 Votes: 77.05% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 36 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 45 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 74 Votes: 62.16% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 143 Votes: 51.05% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 40.74% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 88.24% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 67 Votes: 67.16% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 57 Votes: 70.18% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 76 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 190 Votes: 64.21% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 409 Votes: 67.97% Annoying