Yitzhak Rabin

Trump's surging popularity once again proves political assassinations backfire

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.

17/07/2024

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.

 Prof. David Libai seen on June 10, 2012

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."

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.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
01/11/2023

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.

By AVRAHAM FISCHER
26/10/2023

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.

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

By DAVID HAZONY
22/09/2023

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. 

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