The Begin Doctrine: 'Never Again' is an Israeli promise
The Begin Doctrine was born exactly 40 years ago, on 7 June 1981, when then-prime minister Menachem Begin sent Israeli fighter planes to bomb the Osirak nuclear reactor just outside of Baghdad.
MENACHEM BEGIN, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at a Marine Corp Ceremony on September 7, 1978.(photo credit: COURTESY THE JIMMY CARTER LIBRARY)ByPAUL GROSS