1. State of Israel folder with Begin's photo with his signature on the photo. 2. A handwritten letter of ...

1. State of Israel folder with Begin's photo with his signature on the photo. 2. A handwritten letter of condolences, with signature, by Menachem Begin, to the Sinawi family after the passing of Chaim Sinawi. 21.5x28 cm. Thin paper, some folds. General condition, good. 3. Begin writes to Yitzchak Langfus, thanking him for his wishes of recovery. (Langfus used to send mishloach manot every year to Begin). Includes original envelope. Good condition. 4. A letter to the engineer Pistolet, wishing a happy new year, signed by Begin. Good condition. 5. A letter of certificate given to benefactors of the Metzudat Ze'ev (Jabotinsky House). On the certificate are the signatures of Menachem Begin, Yaakov Meridor and Avraham Drori. 1964. 24x17 cm. Save from fold sign, in very good condition.

Menachem Begin (1913-1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Israel, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on 1 February 1944, against the British mandatory government, which was opposed by the Jewish Agency. As head of the Irgun, he targeted the British in Palestine.

Begin’s most significant achievement as Prime Minister was the signing of a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, for which he and Anwar Sadat shared the Nobel Prize for Peace. In the wake of the Camp David Accords, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula, which was captured from Egypt in the Six-Day War. Later, Begin’s government promoted the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.