Yitzhak Rabin
IDF Chief of Staff, Ambassador of Israel to the United States, Prime Minister of Israel
Place of DeathTel Aviv, Israel
Yitzhak Rabin - IDF Chief of Staff, Ambassador of Israel to the United States, and the fifth Prime Minister of the State of Israel was born in Jeruslaem in 1922.
He distinguished himself as a military leader early on, during his seven years of service in the Palmach. Rising to the rank of Major-General at the age of 32, In 1962 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Rabin was appointed Ambassador to the United States in 1968. During his five years in Washington, he strove to consolidate bilateral ties and played a major role in promoting "strategic cooperation" with the United States, which led to massive American military aid to Israel.
On June 2, 1974, Yitzhak Rabin formed his first government. In 1975, Rabin concluded the Interim Agreement with Egypt, which led to Israeli withdrawal from the Suez Canal in return for free passage of Israeli shipping through the canal. As a result of this agreement, the first Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Government of Israel and the United States, ensuring American support for Israeli interests in the international arena and renewed American aid. On November 4, 1995, on leaving a mass rally for peace held under the slogan "Yes to Peace, No to Violence," Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish right-wing extremist.
He distinguished himself as a military leader early on, during his seven years of service in the Palmach. Rising to the rank of Major-General at the age of 32, In 1962 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Rabin was appointed Ambassador to the United States in 1968. During his five years in Washington, he strove to consolidate bilateral ties and played a major role in promoting "strategic cooperation" with the United States, which led to massive American military aid to Israel.
On June 2, 1974, Yitzhak Rabin formed his first government. In 1975, Rabin concluded the Interim Agreement with Egypt, which led to Israeli withdrawal from the Suez Canal in return for free passage of Israeli shipping through the canal. As a result of this agreement, the first Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Government of Israel and the United States, ensuring American support for Israeli interests in the international arena and renewed American aid. On November 4, 1995, on leaving a mass rally for peace held under the slogan "Yes to Peace, No to Violence," Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish right-wing extremist.