We Must Deliver a Knockout to Hamas / Yair Shamir
In recent weeks Israel has been engaged in a real boxing match with Hamas in Gaza. This is the third round in which we are called to face an enemy who will stop at nothing and will attack Israel’s vulnerable...
Minister Shamir Signs Order Cutting Cheese Prices
Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir, together with Finance Minister Yair Lapid, signed an order yesterday placing price controls on 5 percent soft white cheese and 38% whipping cream. Following the move, the prices of the two products should go down by about...
Minister Shamir Lauds “twinning” project for animal health and livestock production
A “twinning” project focusing on Israel’s veterinary inspection authorities in the fields of animal health and livestock production comes to an end this month. Minister of Agriculture Yair Shamir: “The joint veterinary project with the European Union has led to...
Yair Shamir Joins the PM to Unveil Official Commemorative Stamp of Yitzhak Shamir
A new stamp was unveiled at the Prime Minister’s Office in memory of Israel’s seventh prime minister, the late YitzhakShamir, z’l. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Yair Shamir and his sister Gilada joined Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the ceremony. Also...
Minister Yair Shamir Writes About Significance of Six Day War in the Jerusalem Post
The following is an op-ed penned by Minister Yair Shamir in the Jerusalem Post titled “Gaining National Sovereignty” It should be clearly understood that our true independence was not won in 1948. While we functioned as a state from the...
Yair Shamir in Foreign Policy Magazine on the Misunderstanding of Islamist Terrorism
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Yair Shamir pens an article in the prestigious Foreign Policy Magazine titled ‘Our Shared Islamist Enemy‘ George Orwell wrote in his seminal tome, 1984, “The object of terrorism is terrorism … Now do you begin...
Yair Shamir on the Visit of the Party’s Settlement Forum to the Arava
Yesterday, I participated in a tour of the Arava, with the Yisrael Beytenu Settlement Forum, including the chairman of the party, ministers, Members of the Knesset and other prominent figures involved in settlement issues. This was my first tour of...