YITZHAK RABIN |
| Source: Source Information Division - Israel Foreign Ministry, Jerusalem Yitzhak Rabin was born in Jerusalem on March 1, 1922. Inducted into the Haganah by Moshe Dayan, he participated in the Palmah's operation into Syria in 1941. In the spring of 1948 he commanded the Harel Brigade, leading them in Operation Nachshon to open the road to besieged Jerusalem. He was a member of the delegation that signed the armistice agreements with the Arab states at Rhodes in 1949. As Chief of Staff, Rabin led the IDF to victory in the Six Day War. He retired from the army on January 1, 1968, and was named Ambassador to the United States, where he served for five years. Following the resignation of Golda Meir, on June 2, 1974, the Knesset expressed confidence in a new government headed by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin resigned from the premiership in April 1977. In the National Unity Governments (1984-90), Yitzhak Rabin served as Minister of Defense. In January 1985, he presented the proposal for the withdrawal of IDF forces from Lebanon and the establishment of a security zone to guarantee peace to the settlements along Israel's northern border. In July 1992, Rabin formed Israel's 25th Government as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on November 4, 1995, shortly after speaking at a peace rally in Tel Aviv's Malchei Yisrael square. He is survived by his sister Rahel, his wife Leah, two children Dalia and Yuval and three grandchildren. |
