Shamir Government

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The Shamir Government was the Israeli administration led by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir during the late 1980s and early 1990s, marked by a right-leaning stance, a focus on security, and cautious engagement in the peace process.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli government
approachToNegotiations reluctant but pragmatic participation in peace talks
approachToPeaceProcess cautious engagement
branch executive branch of Israel
capital Jerusalem NERFINISHED
coalitionPartner Israeli right-wing parties
Likud NERFINISHED
conflictInvolved First Intifada NERFINISHED
country State of Israel NERFINISHED
domesticIssue Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories
economicPolicy efforts to reduce inflation
market-oriented reforms
focus Arab–Israeli conflict NERFINISHED
counter-terrorism
national security
foreignPolicyOrientation security-first approach
governingSystem multi-party democracy
governmentType parliamentary coalition government
headOfGovernment Yitzhak Shamir NERFINISHED
ideology right-wing politics
keyIssue Israeli–Palestinian conflict
relations with Arab states
relations with the United States
language Hebrew
leaderParty Likud NERFINISHED
legislature Knesset NERFINISHED
namedAfter Yitzhak Shamir NERFINISHED
oversaw absorption of Soviet Jewish immigrants
participatedIn Madrid Peace Conference NERFINISHED
policyOnJerusalem insistence on united Jerusalem under Israeli control
policyPriority maintaining military superiority
opposition to unilateral territorial concessions
settlement expansion in occupied territories
politicalLeader Yitzhak Shamir NERFINISHED
politicalPosition right-leaning
precededBy Peres Government NERFINISHED
region Middle East
securityConcern Palestinian militant organizations
threats from neighboring Arab states
securityDoctrine deterrence
preemptive capability
securityEventContext post-1967 occupation of West Bank and Gaza Strip
socialIssue integration of immigrants
stanceOnPalestinianState opposition to a fully sovereign Palestinian state
stanceOnTerritories rejection of land-for-peace formula in its maximal form
timePeriod early 1990s
late 1980s

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Second Rabin Government precededBy Shamir Government