Yitzhak Rabin facts for kids

Yitzhak Rabin
יִצְחָק רַבִּין
Yitzhak Rabin; יִצְחָק רַבִּין
5th Prime Minister of Israel
	In office; 13 July 1992 – 4 November 1995
President	Chaim Herzog; Ezer Weizman
Preceded by	Yitzhak Shamir
Succeeded by	Shimon Peres
	In office; 3 June 1974 – 22 April 1977
President	Ephraim Katzir
Preceded by	Golda Meir
Succeeded by	Menachem Begin
Minister of Defense
	In office; 13 September 1984 – 15 March 1990
Prime Minister	Shimon Peres; Yitzhak Shamir
Preceded by	Moshe Arens
Succeeded by	Moshe Arens
	In office; 13 July 1992 – 4 November 1995
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Moshe Arens
Succeeded by	Shimon Peres
Personal details
Born	1 March 1922; Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
Died	4 November 1995 (aged 73); Tel Aviv, Israel
Political party	Alignment, Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Leah Rabin
Children	Dalia Rabin-Pelossof; Yuval Rabin
Profession	Military officer
Religion	Jewish atheist
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Haganah; Israel Army
Years of service	1941–1967
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Syria-Lebanon Campaign; Israeli War of Independence; Six-Day War

Yitzhak Rabin (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. He was born in Jerusalem. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir, a right-wing activist who had strongly opposed Rabin's signing of the Oslo Accords and to peace with Palestine. He was the first local-born Prime Minister of Israel, the only Israeli Prime Minister to be killed and the second to die in office (following Levi Eshkol).

In 1994, Yitzhak Rabin was one of the three recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. The others were Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres. All three got the prizes for trying to make peace in the Middle East.

He died in Tel Aviv in 1995 after being assassinated. He was buried Helkat Gdolei Ha'uma in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

Rabin's grave in Mount Herzl

Images for kids

Rabin at home with his wife, grandson, daughter, then son-in-law, and two of his granddaughters in 1992.
Yitzhak Rabin, commander of the Harel Brigade, c. 1948
Rabin and Yigal Allon (1949)
The Israeli delegation to the 1949 Armistice Agreements talks. Left to right: Commanders Yehoshafat Harkabi, Aryeh Simon, Yigael Yadin, and Yitzhak Rabin (1949)
Bill Clinton watches Jordan's King Hussein (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (right) sign the Israel–Jordan peace treaty
Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on 13 September 1993
Yitzhak Rabin Shaking hands with Jordan's King Hussein after signing a peace treaty between the two countries in 1994.
(right to left) Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat receiving the Nobel Peace Prize following the Oslo Accords
Monument marking the site of the assassination: Ibn Gabirol Street between Tel Aviv City Hall and Gan Ha'ir
Yitzhak Rabin Walk in Queens, New York City
A memorial stone honouring Rabin in Wellington, New Zealand