Yair Shamir

Ja'ir Shamir (Hebrew יאיר שמיר; born March 18, 1945 in Ramat Gan ) is since March 18, 2013 Israeli Minister of Agriculture.

Family

He was born the son of Yitzhak Shamir. It was named after Avraham Stern " Ja'ir ", the founder of the group Lehi. Shamir grew up in Tel Aviv. When he was a year old, his father Yitzhak was arrested by the British and sent to Eritrea. As Shamir two was, his mother was arrested because of her work as a Lehi member. He now lives in Sawjion (Hebrew סַבְיוֹן ), a village between Petach Tikva, Kiryat Ono and Yehud. He is married to Ella. The couple has three children and seven grandchildren.

Policy

In an interview he gave to The Jewish Press 2004, Shamir said that he did not think it possible, the country returned to the Arabs, but that he considered a compromise possible if it was absolutely necessary. Furthermore, he said that 's then U.S. President George W. Bush was better for Israel than the then Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He had consequently Benjamin Netanyahu criticized for the other to give in to pressure too easily. Shamir said, therefore, that Israel should do what it think is right, the other without regard to the reservations. Shamir was also against the prisoner - exchange of Christmas tree with Hezbollah. As a member of Jisra'el Beiteinu he is 2013 Israeli Agriculture Minister since March 18.