yitzhak rabin

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an Israeli politician of the Labour Party, who was prime minister from 1974-1977 and again from 1992 to 1995. In 1994 he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat. He was assassinated in 1995 when he was at a public meeting for peace (1922-95 ). born March 1, 1922, Jerusalem died Nov. 4, 1995, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel First native-born prime minister of Israel. He fought in the first Arab-Israeli War and became chief of staff in 1964. His strategies helped win the Six-Day War in 1967. After retiring from the army (1968), he served as ambassador to the U.S. (1968-73). As head of the Israel Labour Party, he twice served as prime minister (1974-77, 1992-95). During his first tenure, he secured a cease-fire with Syria in the Golan Heights and ordered the raid at Entebbe, Ugan. (see Entebbe raid). As defense minister (1984-90) he responded forcefully to the Palestinian first intifdah. In 1993 secret negotiations with the Palestinians yielded a political settlement that called for limited Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, for which he shared the 1994 Nobel Prize for Peace with Shimon Peres and Ysir Araft. He was assassinated by a right-wing Jewish extremist

{i} (1922-1995) Israeli military leader and two-time prime minister, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, one who made peace between Israel and Jordan (assassinated in 1995 by Yigal Amir), winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 together with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat

Turkish pronunciation

yîtsäk räbin

Pronunciation

/ˈyətsak ˌräˈbēn/ /ˈjɪtsæk ˌrɑːˈbiːn/