Creator Bio
Yitzhak Rabin
1922–1995
Yitzhak Rabin served as prime minister of Israel from 1974 to 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. Rabin was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Tel Aviv. Chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Rabin commanded the Israeli forces during the Six-Day War in 1967. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Address upon Receiving the Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Your Excellency, President of the State; Mr. Prime Minister; President of the Hebrew University; Governors; teachers; ladies and gentlemen.
I stand in awe before you, leaders of our generation, here…
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Remarks by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace
At an age when most youngsters are struggling to unravel the secrets of mathematics and the mysteries of the Bible; at an age when first love blooms; at the tender age of sixteen, I was handed a rifle…