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Israel is a free democratic country, the President holds only a ceremonial role. Governance of the country lies in the decisions of the elected cabinet, lead by the Prime Minister of the party with the majority votes. A 25 month rotation of the PM's position is part of the constitution. The names on the list appeared daily in every newspaper globally, including The Straits Times.

Menachem Begin was the 6th PM of Israel.
1983, Yitzhak Shamir, elected PM,
1983, Shimon Peres, V PM and Foreign Minister.
1984, Shimon Peres, PM
1984, Yitzhak Shamir, V PM
1986, Yitzhak Shamir, PM
1986, Shimon Peres, VPM and Foreign Minister.
1989, Yitshak Shamir, PM
1989, Shimon Peres, V PM and Finance Minister
1992, Yitzhak Rabin, Elected PM.
1992, Shimon Peres, VPM
1995, Shimon Peres, PM, assumed power after Yitzhak Rabin was assasinated at point blank, by radical right wing Jews, in a sea of people.
1996, Binyamin Nentanyahu, Elected PM; a scholar with no political experience. Yet his cabinet is a convergence of 3 most diverse groups in Israel.
1999, Ehud Barak, Elected PM after loss of confidence in Nentanyahu's cabinet.
2001, Ariel Sharon, Elected PM, after Ehud Barak resigned due to lack of cooperation from the cabinet. Sharon won by a 20% margin, bringing the Likud Party into the Israel political scene.
2005, Ariel Sharon and Binyamin Netanyahu created the Responsibility Party, these rivals joined forces aiming at Peace in the middle east.

At 77, this farmer turned decorated soldier turned Prime Minister is fighting a different battle, a battle for his life after sufffering a major cerebral hemorrage.

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