Right: Inspecting Israeli troops in the interim between the peace treaty with Egypt and the war in Lebanon. The adamant prime minister: "Judea and Samaria belong to the Jewish people to the end of time." The twin pains of the death of his wife (above in 1978) and the war in Lebanon drove Begin into seclusion. 36 FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1992 Begin had once been a commanding leader and a wizard with words.