Shamir publicly declared his animus for Poles by stating that " every Pole sucked anti-Semitism with his mother 's milk . " Shamir contradicted his spokesman , who attempted to keep the comment off the record , and insisted that he wanted his comment publicized . The comment caused controversy within Poland as being slanderous and libelous . Furthermore , Adam Michnik addressed the comment by stating " the stubborn categorization of Poland as an anti-Semitic nation was used in Europe and America as an alibi for the betrayal of Poland at Yalta . The nation so categorized was seen as unworthy of sympathy , or of help , or of compassion . " In the first years of Israel 's independence , Shamir managed several commercial enterprises . In 1955 , he joined the Mossad , serving until 1965 . During his Mossad career , he directed Operation Damocles , the assassinations of German rocket scientists working on the Egyptian missile programme
Yalta
Yalta Conference
Yitzhak Shamir