Editing Yitzhak Shamir (section)

===Commemoration===
Israeli President [[Shimon Peres]] said that "Yitzhak Shamir was a brave warrior for Israel, before and after its inception. He was a great patriot and his enormous contribution will be forever etched in our chronicles. He was loyal to his beliefs and he served his country with the utmost dedication for decades. May he rest in peace."<ref name="ynet" /> Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued a statement upon hearing of his death that read: "[Shamir] led Israel with a deep loyalty to the nation. [The Prime Minister] expresses his deep pain over the announcement of the departure of Yitzhak Shamir. He was part of a marvelous generation which created the state of Israel and struggled for the Jewish people." This was despite previous feuds between the two once-Likud members.<ref name="aljas">{{Citation |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/2012630182037576207.html |title=Middle east |date=2012-06-30 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}.</ref> He was also mourned in the Knesset.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/spokesman/eng/PR_eng.asp?PRID=10532 |title=Knesset |place=IL}}.</ref>

Foreign Minister [[Avigdor Lieberman]] added that Shamir "contributed greatly to the foundation of the state, which he served his entire life with loyalty and unwavering dedication. He set an example in each position that he held. I had the privilege to be personally acquainted with Shamir, and I will always remember him and his great contribution to the state;" while Defense Minister [[Ehud Barak]] said: "His whole life, Shamir was as stable as granite and maintained focus without compromises. He always strived to ensure Israel's freedom. His devotion knew no bounds [and he] always sought what's right for the people of Israel and for the country's security."

[[Leader of the Opposition (Israel)|Leader of the Opposition]] and [[Labor Party (Israel)|Labor Party]] head [[Shelly Yachimovich]] offered her condolences to Shamir's family saying that <blockquote>... he was a determined prime minister who dedicated his life to the state. He followed his ideological path honestly and humbly, as a leader should. The citizens of Israel will always remember the wisdom he demonstrated during the First Gulf War. He showed restraint and saved Israel from undue entanglement in the Iraq War. This decision proved to be a brave and wise act of leadership.
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His daughter Gilada Diamant said: <blockquote>[My father] belonged to a different generation of leaders, people with values and beliefs. I hope that we have more people like him in the future. His political doing has undoubtedly left its mark on the State of Israel. Dad was an amazing man, a family man in the fullest sense of the word, a man who dedicated himself to the State of Israel but never forgot his family, not even for a moment. He was a special man.<ref name="ynet">{{Citation |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4249308,00.html |title=Ynet News |newspaper=Ynetnews |date=30 June 2012 |place=IL|last1=Somfalvi |first1=Attila }}.</ref></blockquote>