The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.

With the formation of the State of Israel Lehi formally disbanded on May 29 1948 and its forces joined the Israeli army. They had two children Yair and Gilada. Finally Shamir gave in and in October 1991 participated in the Madrid talks.

Before the establishment of the State of Israel Shamir was a member of Lehi and one of its commanders after Avraham Stern was killed. Shamir was the country's third longest-serving prime minister after David Ben-Gurion and Benjamin Netanyahu. Yitzhak Shamir (Hebrew: יצחק שמיר‎ [About this sound] listen (help·info); Arabic: إسحاق شامير‎ Is'haq Shameer; born Icchak Jeziernicky; October 22 1915 – June 30 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel serving two terms 1983–84 and 1986–1992.