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Yitzhak Rabin ( / rəˈbiːn /; [1] Hebrew: יִצְחָק רַבִּין, IPA: [jitsˈχak ʁaˈbin] ⓘ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995.
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the fifth prime minister of Israel, took place on 4 November 1995 (12 Marcheshvan 5756 on the Hebrew calendar) at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo Accords at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv.
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli statesman and soldier who, as prime minister of Israel (1974–77, 1992–95), led his country toward peace with its neighbors. Along with Shimon Peres, his foreign minister, and Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat, he received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1994.
Yitzhak Rabin was elected chairman of the Israel Labour Party in its first nationwide primaries conducted in February 1992 and led the party to victory in the June 1992 Knesset elections. In July 1992, Rabin formed Israel’s 25th government and became its 11th Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, and acting Minister of Religious Affairs and ...
Nov 4, 1995 · Learn about the life and achievements of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister who negotiated the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat. Find out how he became a soldier, a politician and a peacemaker, and how he was assassinated in 1995.
Rabin was known for his bluntness, analytic mind, and colorful colloquial Sabra idioms, delivered in his slow deep bass voice that became a hallmark of reassurance to two generations of Israelis, and a source of annoyance to political enemies. Incitement and Assassination. Yitzhak Rabin’s family at his funeral. (Israel GPO)
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin took place on November 4, 1995, following a mass peace rally in Tel Aviv. He was killed by a Jewish extremist, Yigal Amir, who was angry about the Oslo Accords.
