He was last photographed on Dec. 10, 1983, when he moved out of the Prime Minister's official residence on Jerusalem's Balfour Street. Even then, he did not emerge in full view: slightly stooped and showing his age, Menachem Begin, 70, was partly shielded by his daughter Hassia. The curiosity was understandable. Begin had been in seclusion since the previous September, after he abruptly announced he was quitting the job he had held since 1977. "I cannot carry on," he said simply. Aides and friends alike described him as darkly depressed by the 1982...
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