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Shamir

American  
[shah-meer] / ʃɑˈmɪər /

noun

  1. Yitzhak 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.


Shamir British  
/ ʃæˈmɪə /

noun

  1. Yitzhak (ˈjɪtʒæk). 1915–2012, Israeli statesman, born in Poland: prime minister (1983–84; 1986–92): foreign minister (1980–83; 1984–86)

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But Mr Shamir denied the IDF was breaching the ceasefire.

From BBC

Eitan Shamir, ex-head of the National Security Doctrine Department in the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs, suggested that the IDF's actions were not a violation of the ceasefire terms, arguing that they don't apply to areas of the Strip behind the Yellow Line.

From BBC

Preserving sperm has “great meaning” to bereaved families, says Dr Itai Gat, director of the sperm bank at Shamir Medical Center – who himself performs the surgery.

From BBC

His second foray into publishing was a children’s book, “Ben and Emma’s Big Hit,” which he co-wrote with Ruth Shamir and Alexandra Thompson illustrated.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2011, a WikiLeaks staffer named James Ball quit after learning that a Russian “peace activist” named Israel Shamir, a longtime friend of Assange’s, was providing raw intelligence files to the interior minister of Belarus.

From Slate