Editing Yitzhak Shamir (section)

===Electoral defeat and retirement===
[[File:Premier Lubbers ontvangt minister Shamir, Bestanddeelnr 933-2508.jpg|Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir with [[Ruud Lubbers]], 1985|thumb]]

Shamir was defeated by [[Yitzhak Rabin]]'s [[Labor Party (Israel)|Labour]] in the [[1992 Israeli legislative election|1992 election]]. He stepped down from the Likud leadership in March 1993 but remained a member of the Knesset until the 1996 election. For some time, Shamir was a critic of his Likud successor, [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], as being too indecisive in dealing with the Arabs. Shamir went so far as to resign from the Likud in 1998 and endorse [[Herut – The National Movement|Herut]], a right-wing splinter movement led by [[Benny Begin]], which later joined the [[National Union (Israel)|National Union]] during the 1999 election. After Netanyahu was defeated, Shamir returned to the Likud fold and supported [[Ariel Sharon]] in the 2001 election. He was placed honorary 120th last spot on the [[Likud]] list in the [[2003 Israeli legislative election]]. Subsequently, in his late eighties, Shamir ceased making public comments.