Rabin Born: Soldier Turned Peacemaker
Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on November 4, 1995, by a right-wing Israeli extremist who opposed the Oslo Accords. Rabin had co-signed those accords with Yasser Arafat in 1993, on the White House lawn, with Bill Clinton's hands guiding theirs together. He and Arafat shared the Nobel Peace Prize that year. Three months after the signing, the handshake, and the prize, he was dead. He'd been a soldier his entire adult life — fought in the 1948 War of Independence, commanded Israeli forces during the Six-Day War in 1967. Peace cost him more than war had. Born March 1, 1922, in Jerusalem. His widow Leah refused to shake Prime Minister Netanyahu's hand at the funeral.
March 1, 1922
104 years ago
Key Figures & Places
Nobel Peace Prize
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Prime Minister of Israel
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Yitzhak Rabin
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Yitzhak Rabin
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Prime Minister of Israel
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Nobel Peace Prize
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Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle
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Israel
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1994
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Maurício do Valle
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1995
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