Yitzhak Rabin

Middle Israel: How Likud’s primaries poisoned Israeli politics - opinion

The 18-year fencing match between Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin came to a sudden end, thanks to an invention Israel had never seen: primary elections. 

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
A LIKUD supporter waves the party’s flag at a gathering, a show of grassroots loyalty which has long defined the movement, even as critics say its primaries have reshaped, and at times distorted, who rises within its ranks.
A VOTE on the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians at the auditorium in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026.

Israel's new death penalty law marks moral break, sparks discrimination fears, expert says

For Prof. Yoram Rabin, a criminal and constitutional law scholar and president of the College of Management Academic Studies, the law is both a moral rupture and a legally vulnerable one.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Memorial to the victims on board the immigrants ship ‘Egoz,’ on Mount Herzl.

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
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

How a once-cautious Benjamin Netanyahu came to lead the most radical coalition in Israel’s history

The investigations on corruption charges, and his subsequent trial, further pushed Netanyahu toward populist extremes.

MARCH 25, 2023ByOFER KENIG/JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking about the strikes and protests against the judicial reform

University of Haifa grants honorary degrees to Bill Clinton, NYU president

The University of Haifa thanked Clinton for his support for Israel, his actions promoting coexistence in the region and his friendship with former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.

DECEMBER 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
President Bill Clinton receives an honorary doctorate from University of Haifa.

Smotrich's Rabin speech 'out of touch with reality,' Likud's Dichter says

Dichter, a former Shin Bet head and potential Defense Ministry candidate, condemned Smotrich for his rhetoric during a memorial session for former prime minister assassinated 27 years ago.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Likud MK Avi Dichter speaks at an event ahead of next month's Likud primaries in Petah Tikva, July 19, 2022

Smotrich draws criticism for blaming security forces for Rabin assassination

Smotrich claimed that security forces "encouraged" Yigal Amir to murder the prime minister with "irresponsible manipulations."

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE, ELIAV BREUER
Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the plenium hall during memorial ceremony marking 27 years since the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022

Large turnout at Israel's Rabin memorial as guests criticize incitement

This year, in a departure from the norm, none of the members of the Rabin family were among the speakers, although many of them were present.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israeli president Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal at a memorial service marking 27 years since the assasination of late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022.

Only a 'matter of time' until next assassination in Israel - Gantz

Defense Minister Benny Gantz went off script and lashed out at the Right's conduct during the Israeli election campaign.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaksduring memorial ceremony marking the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022.

'Happy Rabin murder day' sign hung on Israeli highway

A sign saying "Happy Rabin murder day" was hung on Sunday on a bridge near Netanya, as Israel commemorates the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, November 7, 2019

Grapevine November 6, 2022: Pride before the fall

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
YITZHAK RABIN

Israel remembers Rabin as Netanyahu prepares to retake control

A number of MKs addressed the fact that this year's memorial will be held as Ben Gvir prepares to enter the new government.

NOVEMBER 5, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Israelis attend a memorial ceremony for late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, organized by the Labour party, at Zion Square in Jerusalem October 29, 2022.

On This Day in 1995: Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by Jewish extremist Yigal Amir

Rabin, a former prime minister, IDF chief of staff and Israeli war hero, was assassinated during a pro-Oslo Accords rally in Tel Aviv.

NOVEMBER 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, November 7, 2019