Yitzhak Rabin

Jerusalem commemorates the ‘Egoz’ shipwreck disaster, 65 years later

This is the tragic story of 44 illegal immigrants – men, women, and children – who set out from Morocco to Israel in 1961 and met their deaths at sea.

|ByAVI NACHMANI
Memorial to the victims on board the immigrants ship ‘Egoz,’ on Mount Herzl.
THE FAMOUS handshake: Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin seals the deal with PLO leader Yasser Arafat as US president Bill Clinton admires his handiwork, at the White House upon the signing of the Oslo Accords, Sept. 13, 1993.

Palestinians must renounce culture of deception for real peace with Israel - opinion

The Oslo Accords taught Israel a painful lesson: peace is not secured through documents alone. It is measured through sincerity, education, and genuine shifts in worldview. 

|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Shimon Peres addresses a memorial event for slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin while standing under a giant portrait of Rabin, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, December 1995. Within two years, the commemorations were gone, says the writer.

Rabin’s legacy matters more than ever, our amnesia is putting us at risk - opinion

After Rabin’s death, American Jews needed an Israel they could rally behind. A day of mourning for a fractured nation didn’t fit the narrative.

|ByBARAK SELLA
Portrait of Yitzhak Rabin

Grapevine: Yitzhak Rabin: An appreciation

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Israel elections: Politicians enter final preparations as voting day nears

Labor on Saturday night held a rally in memory of former Labor leader and prime minister Yizhak Rabin, who was assassinated on November 4, 1995.

OCTOBER 29, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
A NEARLY-EMPTY Knesset plenum debates the dispersal of parliament, in June. In the upcoming election, be a strategic and principled voter, not a tactical and cynical one, says the writer.

Grapevine October 26, 2022: With a little help from his friends

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 26, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
GRAYEVSKY TOOK one of the last photographs of late president Shimon Peres.

Israel Elections: Will Palestinian terror shape the 2022 vote's outcome?

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: The bottom line is: Palestinian terrorism may yet determine the outcome of the Israeli election in 2022, just as it did in 1996.

OCTOBER 21, 2022ByHERB KEINON
POLICE AND RESCUE personnel at the scene Wednesday night’s terror attack at the entrance to Ma’aleh Adumim.

Why a two-state solution won’t work - opinion

Another problem that the terminology of the two-state solution generates is the expectation that if the Palestinians’ grievances are fully addressed and resolved.

OCTOBER 9, 2022ByDORE GOLD
PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid addresses the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 22.

Grapevine October 2, 2022: Remembering Rabin

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 2, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
A CLOSE LOOK at Yitzhak Rabin’s core diplomatic and defense views, above and beyond Oslo, does the late prime minister more justice.

Labor to hold Rabin memorial in Zion Square 3 days before elections

Labor intends to hold the Rabin memorial rally in Zion Square in Jerusalem, where an infamous anti-Rabin protest took place before his murder.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

Generals in Israeli politics are no longer hot commodities - opinion

Perhaps voters appreciate that despite Israel’s pervasive security challenges, bravery and proficiency in battle do not in themselves provide the experience for successful national leadership.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022ByMARK REGEV
GADI EISENKOT waves at the launch of the National Unity Party election campaign, in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

'The Arc of Our History': Pivotal moments in Israeli history - review

Stanley Ringler engaged in the development of political support groups, political education programs, and lobbying in Israel and the US.

AUGUST 24, 2022BySTUART GELLER
A CLOSE LOOK at Yitzhak Rabin’s core diplomatic and defense views, above and beyond Oslo, does the late prime minister more justice.

Entebbe raid: A global counterterrorism game changer - opinion

The Israeli Defense Force's 1976 Entebbe raid has become the gold standard for rescue operations.

JULY 7, 2022ByMARK REGEV
PASSENGERS RESCUED in the Entebbe raid are welcomed home by loved ones at Ben-Gurion Airport in July 1976.

Israel unfreezes West Bank E1 plan, hearings for settler homes resume

The US has objected to the plan, which was first put forward when former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was in office.

JUNE 1, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
View of Route 1, the Maaleh Adumim-Jerusalem road, from the West Bank area known as E1, with Jerusalem's Mount Scopus seen on the horizon, on December 10, 2019.