Yitzhak Rabin

Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)

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Lived 1922–1995, aged 73Israel

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1922–1995
Aged 73
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2005

Summary

Updated 2026-08-28

The Israeli general who commanded victory in the Six-Day War, then decades later turned toward negotiating peace with the Palestinians — and was shot dead by a Jewish extremist for it.

Biography

About

Born in Jerusalem in 1922 to Eastern European immigrants, Rabin joined the Palmach as a teenager and rose through military ranks over a 27-year career, becoming chief of the general staff in 1964 and overseeing Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War. He served as ambassador to the United States from 1968 to 1973, then became prime minister in 1974 after Golda Meir's resignation, signing the Sinai Interim Agreement and ordering the Entebbe raid before resigning in 1977 amid a financial scandal. After years as defense minister during the First Intifada, he was re-elected prime minister in 1992…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Yitzhak Rabin

Yitzhak Rabin

said10 Dec 1994

Almost all the regimes which did not place Man and the sanctity of Life at the heart of their world view, all those regimes have collapsed and are no more.

— 1994 Nobel Peace Prize lecture (10 December 1994)

Yitzhak Rabin

said1 Mar 1994

You are not part of the community of Israel... You are not part of the national democratic camp which we all belong to in this house, and many of the people despise you.

— (1st March 1994)

Yitzhak Rabin

saidDec 1993