Yitzhak Rabin

{{Audio|He-Yitzhak_Rabin.ogg|Yitzhak Rabin}} (or Yitschak Rabin) (???? ???? in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir. He was the first Israeli-born Prime Minister of Israel, the only Prime Minister to be assassinated and the second to die in office. (First was Levi Eshkol).

Youth and Palmach

Rabin was born in Jerusalem in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine. He grew up in Tel Aviv, where his family moved when he was one year old, and in 1940 he graduated with distinction from the Kadoori Agricultural High School. His matriculation was his last formal education, with the exception of some military strategy courses which he later took in the United Kingdom. He aspired to become an irrigation engineer.

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Jerusalem - British Mandate of Palestine - Tel Aviv - 1940 - Kadoori Agricultural High School - United Kingdom

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In 1941, during his practical training at Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan, Rabin joined the Palmach section of the Haganah, and rose to the position of Chief Operations Officer in October 1947.

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1941 - Kibbutz - Ramat Yochanan - Palmach - Haganah - October - 1947

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In 1948, the year of Israel's independence, Rabin married his wife, Lea.

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1948 - Lea

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