 |
 Yasser
Arafat was the long-time leader of
the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the
co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize (with
Israel's Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres). |
 Levi
Eshkol (Prime Minister, 1963-1969)
established the alliance between Israel and the
United States which subsequently helped Israel
win the Six-Day War of June 1967. |
 Benjamin Netanyahu
began his political career as a member of
Israel's diplomatic mission to the United States.
He subsequently served as Prime Minister from
1996 to 1999, and was called upon to form a
coalition government in 2009. |
 Moshe
Sharett was one of
the signatories of Israel's Declaration of
Establishment in 1947. As the country's first
Foreign Minister, he established diplomatic
relations with dozens of nations, got Israel into
the United Nations, and signed a reparations
agreement with West Germany in 1952. |
 Ariel
Sharon served in several military
and government positions before being elected
Prime Minister in 2001; he served in that
capacity until suffering a serious stroke in
2006. |
