Yitzhak Rabin

The E1 area: The strategic link between Jerusalem and Israel’s eastern border - opinion

The E1 area is vital to Jerusalem’s political future, and its importance is equally decisive for Israel’s ability to maintain a defensible border in the east.

Israeli minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, August 14, 2025.
IDF soldier operating on Israel's border with Syria, September 9, 2025.

IDF to deploy voting stations behind enemy lines in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza ahead of October election

Yigal Amir

The line we cannot cross: Israel must never free Yigal Amir - editorial

Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, attends a conference in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, July 9, 2026

Eisenkot demands police launch probe into politically motivated assault of Yashar! party activist


Generals in Israeli politics are no longer hot commodities - opinion

Perhaps voters appreciate that despite Israel’s pervasive security challenges, bravery and proficiency in battle do not in themselves provide the experience for successful national leadership.

 GADI EISENKOT waves at the launch of the National Unity Party election campaign, in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

'The Arc of Our History': Pivotal moments in Israeli history - review

Stanley Ringler engaged in the development of political support groups, political education programs, and lobbying in Israel and the US.

A CLOSE LOOK at Yitzhak Rabin’s core diplomatic and defense views, above and beyond Oslo, does the late prime minister more justice.

Entebbe raid: A global counterterrorism game changer - opinion

The Israeli Defense Force's 1976 Entebbe raid has become the gold standard for rescue operations.

 PASSENGERS RESCUED in the Entebbe raid are welcomed home by loved ones at Ben-Gurion Airport in July 1976.

Israel unfreezes West Bank E1 plan, hearings for settler homes resume

The US has objected to the plan, which was first put forward when former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was in office.

 View of Route 1, the Maaleh Adumim-Jerusalem road, from the West Bank area known as E1, with Jerusalem's Mount Scopus seen on the horizon, on December 10, 2019.

'NOVEMBER': Theatrical production highlighting Rabin's assassination

Now, 27 years on, this shocking event is in danger of being forgotten.

 The cast of NOVEMBER on stage in Jerusalem

Raising awareness for the widows of Israel

It’s time to be aware of widows and galvanize the unique support that they need.

 Jackie Kennedy accompanies Leah Rabin during a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1976.

Knesset members welcomed in Indonesia

MKs Avi Dichter (Likud) and Nira Shpak (Yesh Atid) led an Israeli delegation to an International Parliamentary Union conference in Bali, the first official Israeli visit in 30 years.

  MKs Avi Dichter and Nira Shpak greeted at the International Parliamentary Union conference in Indonesia, March 21, 2022.

What would Yitzhak Rabin think of Israel's 'new' Labor Party? - opinion

Rabin spoke of a Palestinian entity that would be “less than a state,” something Defense Minister Benny Gantz echoed at last month's Munich Security Conference.

LABOR PARTY leader and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli speaks at a memorial ceremony for late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in November.

60% of Jewish Israelis: Israel should invest in its expatriates - survey

Some 86% of respondents believe that the Jewish State must invest in Hebrew language studies for Israeli children living abroad

 WZO staff on mission visiting Israelis living abroad

Plans for the Golan: finally matching declarations with deeds

Yitzhak Rabin said that 'whoever thinks about leaving the Golan Heights will abandon Israel's security.'

The view from Mount Bental, overlooking the border with Syria in the Golan Heights, August 22, 2020