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When Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin proposed in January his policy of crushing the Palestinian uprising, or intifada, through "force, power and blows," Palestinians, human rights activists and the world community expressed outrage at the expected
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On February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein walked into the Ibrahim Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in his IDF reserve uniform with his army-issued Galil assault rifle slung over his shoulder, carrying at least three full magazines of ammunitio
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A LOT CAN BE LEARNED about the pain and punishment wrought by the Israeli-Palestinian war by looking at the arms with which it is fought. When I first visited the Middle East in 1988 as a student journalist spending a summer in Jerusalem, I landed in the
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Thirty years ago, when I was promoted to a new position in the Israeli Defense Forces, I sent all my friends a note promising to do this and that, and more. Most of them responded with “Good luck” or something of the sort, except for one, Uri Talmor, who
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A significant milestone for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu passed unnoticed last Monday on the eve of his victory in the Likud leadership race. That day was the 1,083rd since his election. In Netanyahu’s first term as prime minister, he lasted exactly
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As U.S. rhetoric intensifies with the prediction that Israel will attack Iran sooner rather than later, the president has an opportunity to stop war with an ace in the cards he has yet to play. In a pre-Super Bowl interview with Matt Lauer, the president
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Last Monday, I was honoured to receive the Leibowitz Prize for “life’s work”, the prize established by the Yesh Gvul soldiers' peace organization. I was unable to prepare a speech, so I spoke off the cuff and have to reconstruct my remarks from memory.
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He’s disappointed, certainly, in the lack of substance and civility in America’s political discourse. Indignant at the overweening influence of the media elite, Wall Street, and the Washington establishment, all determined to protect their power and priv
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I certainly set off a firestorm with my use of the term "Israel Firster." Other people use it too but I was the guy who popularized it recently and who used it hundreds of times. The others who utilize the term did so occasionally, often citing me. So I
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I certainly set off a firestorm with my use of the term "Israel Firster." Other people use it too but I was the guy who popularized it recently and who used it hundreds of times. The others who utilize the term did so occasionally, often citing me. So I
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UN secretary-general Ban Ki Moon made another fruitless call this week for co-operation from Israel to make meaningful negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation possible. "We are at a critical moment for Israel and the region. I remain hope
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Seventy years after the onset of “Operation Barbarossa” when Nazi Germany launched its unpremeditated attack on the Soviet Union, bringing in its wake the death of three million Jews, there is a great deal of interest among Russian readers in the first b
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In early 1994, I visited Tunisia. I was sent there by then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and then-foreign minister Shimon Peres to pay condolences to Yasser Arafat and the PLO leadership in the aftermath of the horrendous Hebron massacre committed by Baru
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Observers have refused to let go of the question of how much of the Jewish vote the Republican nominee for 2012 can get. Despite the evidence to the contrary, Republicans and some journalists insist that large numbers of Jewish voters will leave their tr
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“I would like to know why he met the Israeli prime minister. Why the hypocrisy?” Anwar said, likely referring to reports that Dr Mahathir had met with Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres in Paris on July 6, 1994. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 —
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According to opinion polls, Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich will be receiving consolation calls from at least two of his friends tomorrow when the results of the Florida primaries are announced. He will hear from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and fr
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It is one of those peculiarities of the Israeli political system that right now, under a stable government and a strong Prime Minister, there is almost a consensus in the Knesset that a date for early elections will be called soon. Conventional wisdom su
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Objectivity compels me to acknowledge that the prospect appears less likely than a week ago, when the former speaker of the house scored his stunning victory in South Carolina (which, it should be remembered, has never yet failed to pick the ultimate Rep
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TEL AVIV NOA ROTHMAN bears an uncanny resemblance to her grandfather Yitzhak Rabin — so much so that when Rami Heuberger tried out for the prime minister’s role in Ms. Rothman’s television series, “The Prime Minister’s Children,” he had trouble looking a
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The joy of east Jerusalem bookseller Munther Fahmi knew no bounds on Thursday when he cracked open several bottles of French champagne to celebrate a victory which his lawyer Amnon Mazar said had been achieved against all odds. The plight of Munther Fahm
About Yitzhak Rabin
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Yitzhak Rabin (help·info) (Hebrew: יִצְחָק רַבִּין ) (1 March 1922–4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995. In 1994, Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat. He was... Full Article
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