Yitzhak Rabin

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  Yitzhak Rabin ? (יצחק רבין in Hebrew, other spellings: Yitschak Rabin,Yitzchak Rabin) (March 1, 1922November 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, 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 Prime Minister to be killed and the second to die in office (following Levi Eshkol). It is widely believed if he stayed in office for the remainder of the term, Second Palestinian Intifada would not have happened.

In 1994, Yitzhak Rabin was one of the two recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. The other was Yasser Arafat. Both got the prize for their peace efforts in the Middle East process.

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