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?

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

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 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


Former Israeli justice minister David Libai passes away at 89

Justice Minister Yariv Levin mourned Libai's death on Sunday: "Libai initiated throughout the years many laws that came to shape the Israeli rule of law."

 Prof. David Libai seen on June 10, 2012

Grapevine, December 13 2023: Spreading the light

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 REUVEN RIVLIN and Roni Mahadav Levin light Hanukkah candles.

After a Muslim family saved them during the Holocaust, a Jewish family returned the favor

“I wanted to tell a story about Jews and Muslims coexisting peacefully and happily, and helping one another, which is the narrative that we don’t really hear,” Sabina Vajrača said.

 Sabina Vajraca Bosnian-American film director poses for a picture in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina June 13, 2022. Picture taken June 13, 2022.

Israel-Hamas war: Be quiet and calm down before Israelis start arguing - opinion

While it is true that we have mostly put aside our differences during this war, I am afraid that the same hateful and divisive speech will reappear when the war is over.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog addresses last year’s annual memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem marking the anniversary of the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Settler goals can't coexist with a Jewish-majority democracy - opinion

The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin sent a message to the liberal front: Peace with your neighbors means war with your brothers.

 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shakes hands with Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin as US president Bill Clinton stands between them, after the signing of the Oslo Peace Accords at the White House on September 13, 1993.

Oslo, Judicial reform: Crises that shook Israel and feature Netanyahu - opinion

It is both trite and grotesque to point to the Rabin assassination as a personal warning to Benjamin Netanyahu today. But one cannot escape the sense that terrible things may yet happen

  RIGHT-WING protesters face off against left-wing Peace Now activists on Oslo, outside PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office at start of his meeting with US peace envoy Dennis Ross, March 1998.

Netanyahu to boycott Rabin memorial ceremony in first for prime minister - report

This will mark the first time a sitting prime minister has chosen not to attend the Rabin memorial ceremony. 

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin, in 2019. Similar to Netanyahu, Rabin didn’t support the establishment of a Palestinian state, rather of a ‘minus-state.’

Despite its failure Oslo process contributed to our national security - opinion

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin, in 2019. Similar to Netanyahu, Rabin didn’t support the establishment of a Palestinian state, rather of a ‘minus-state.’

Jewish people have always desired peace with all their neighbors - opinion

Thousands of Israelis died because the risk of the Oslo Peace Accords didn’t pan out, and its failure unleashed waves of terror Israelis are still falling victims to until today.

 YITZHAK RABIN knew of the likely failure of the Oslo Accords and the high price failure could bring, but on the small chance it could work, couldn’t pass on the opportunity to make peace, says the writer.

Oslo Accords would make securing settlements impossible, IDF chief warned

Then PM Yitzhak Rabin acknowledged that the situation after the deal would be "less comfortable in terms of security."

 Right-wing Jewish settlers in front of a burning barricade as they block a main road from the West Bank. December 2, 1993