Middle East Conflict Biographies | Yitzhak Rabin Biography

Born on March 1, 1922 (Jerusalem, Palestine)

Died on November 4, 1995 (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Prime Minister of Israel

First as a soldier and then as a statesman, Yitzhak Rabin devoted his entire life to the Jewish nation of Israel, and participated in the decisive battles that won Israel's independence in the late 1940s. Rabin became the Israel's first native-born prime minister and he struggled to secure Israel's existence as a nation, developing a close relationship with the United States and seeking opportunities to negotiate peace with Israel's Arab neighbors.

Born to Zionists in Palestine

Yitzhak Rabin...