Yitzhak Rabin

The dictator in the terminal: Idi Amin and the Entebbe hostage crisis, 50 years on

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Half a century after one of the most daring Israeli rescue operations, what were Ugandan President Idi Amin's movements and thoughts?

|ByALEX WINSTON
UGANDAN PRESIDENT Idi Amin wanted the world to see a mediator. The Israeli archive records the week when that mask began to slip.
A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

State Archives releases thousands of documents for Entebbe rescue's 50th anniversary

Alongside previously released materials, the State Archives is publishing in full the files related to the Entebbe operation, some of which had already been partially disclosed.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
Thai ambassador to Israel, Boonyarit Vichienpuntu, in front of the elephants at Jerusalem’s Tisch Family Zoological Gardens. June 4, 2026.

Elephant diplomacy: Ambassador marks mark 72 years of Thai-Israeli relations with zoo visit

“The Thai elephant is very important, they are in the heart of Thai people. They are the symbols of living diplomacy, the good relations between Thailand and Israel,” Vichienpuntu said.

|BySAM HALPERN, MATHILDA HELLER
THE 1993 OSLO Accords between Israel and the PLO were signed in Washington, with a beaming president Bill Clinton presiding over the White House ceremony

Can the Oslo Accords model still deliver peace after October 7? - opinion

Three decades after Oslo, regional turmoil, terrorism, and international pressure challenge its negotiation-based model.

|ByALAN BAKER

Grapevine November 13, 2024: Two-way street

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 13, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog with China’s representative on the UN security Council Ambassador Fu Cong.

On this day: 29 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

While officials hold an annual commemoration for Rabin on Mount Herzl, the surviving family of the visionary told Ynet they were requesting that this year’s be cancelled due to the war.

NOVEMBER 4, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and then-foreign minister Shimon Peres attend a Labor Party meeting in 1993. Rabin had been kept in the dark by Peres about the talks in Oslo, the writer asserts.

Rabin's strength brings hope to Israel on assassination anniversary - opinion

Yitzhak Rabin's enduring vision of peace through strength is more relevant than ever as Israel faces modern challenges to protect its citizens and future.

NOVEMBER 3, 2024BySHAY GAL
Yitzhak Rabin in 1985, then defense minister

October 7 in the ‘Post’ newsroom: A Rabin assassination déjà vu

A year after the October 7 massacre, Managing Editor David Brinn reflects on journalists' role in the midst of crisis.

OCTOBER 6, 2024ByDAVID BRINN
The site of the Sderot Police Station.

October 7 in the 'Post' newsroom: A Rabin assassination déjà vu

The frantic flow of information, the constant calls from reporters asking what they should do, and the tearing up of completed pages to make room for the horrendous news.

OCTOBER 6, 2024ByDAVID BRINN
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and then-foreign minister Shimon Peres attend a Labor Party meeting in 1993. Rabin had been kept in the dark by Peres about the talks in Oslo, the writer asserts.

The Oslo paradigm can restore Israel’s legitimacy - opinion

'I believe that there is much to be learned from the insights and achievements of the Rabin government some 30 years ago', the author says.

JULY 27, 2024BySTANLEY RINGLER
Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO head Yasser Arafat sign Oslo 2 maps in the White House on September 28, 1995, as Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, US president Bill Clinton, and Jordan’s King Hussein watch.

Assassination attempt on Trump raises alarms over Netanyahu's safety - opinion

The recent assassination attempt on former President Trump highlights growing political violence. Amid Biden's controversial comments and media silence, similar threats may loom over Netanyahu.

JULY 25, 2024ByYARON SCHWARTZ
Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara listens on as she attends a cabinet meeting at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on June 5, 2024.

This week in Jewish history

July 22, 1920: Keren Hayesod founded, July 24, 1922: League of Nations grants Britain mandate to administer Palestine.

JULY 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A POSTCARD honors Noble Prize winner Rosalyn Yalow.

Trump's surging popularity once again proves political assassinations backfire - opinion

Rabin’s funeral consecrated Oslo as his legacy, with then-US president Bill Clinton deeming him “a martyr for peace.” Donald Trump was lucky – the assassin missed.

JULY 17, 2024ByGIL TROY
Twenty-five thousands candles commemorate the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, in Tel Aviv, in 2020. The tragedy consecrated Oslo as his legacy, with then US president Bill Clinton deeming him 'a martyr for peace,' says the writer.

Former finance minister Avraham ‘Beiga’ Shochat dies at 87

One of the last pillars of Rabin, Peres, and Barak's Labor party, Avraham 'Beigele' Shochat, passes at the age of 87.

FEBRUARY 28, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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