Knowra Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli military leader and politician who served twice as prime minister. He helped negotiate the Oslo Accords and was assassinated in 1995.
Shimon Peres : An Israeli politician who served as prime minister and president and shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with Rabin and Yasser Arafat. Peres was Rabin’s foreign minister and partner in the Oslo peace process.
Palmach : The elite strike force of the Haganah, the Jewish community’s principal armed organization before Israel’s founding. Rabin began his military career in this force during the 1940s.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict : A prolonged national and territorial conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over land, sovereignty, security, and rights. Rabin’s negotiations addressed one central arena of this wider conflict.
Israeli political violence : Violence directed at political actors or institutions within Israel, including attacks by Jewish and Palestinian extremists. Rabin’s murder exposed the danger of domestic violence fueled by political polarization.
Yasser Arafat : A Palestinian political leader who headed the Palestine Liberation Organization and became president of the Palestinian Authority. Arafat signed the Oslo agreements with Rabin, beginning mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO.
Six-Day War : The 1967 war in which Israel fought Egypt, Jordan, and Syria over six days. As Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, Rabin led the military during this victory.
Oslo I Accord : The 1993 agreement between Israel and the PLO that established mutual recognition and a framework for Palestinian self-government. This first Oslo agreement formalized the negotiating approach Rabin authorized.
Political assassination : The deliberate killing of a political leader or public figure for political purposes. Rabin’s murder is a prominent Israeli example of this broader phenomenon.
Levi Eshkol : An Israeli politician who served as prime minister from 1963 until his death in 1969. Eshkol appointed Rabin ambassador to the United States after Rabin left the army.
Israeli prime minister : The head of government of Israel, responsible for leading the cabinet and setting national policy. Rabin’s two terms placed him at the center of Israel’s government.
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