In today’s world in particular, Rabin’s legacy of leadership is clear: during his time as the Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Rabin provided a compelling example of what national leadership looks like when the role is embraced by a person of...
Elected leader of the opposition in 1992, Rabin took a big gamble. He ran on a platform of making peace with Israel’s enemies and he won, becoming Prime Minister and serving for over three years until his tragic death. In that time, he signed the landmark Oslo...
Rabin knew war and never shirked from the responsibilities of defending his state or its people, but he also understood that to realise the full potential for the benefit of humanity Israel could not live in a perpetual state of war and existential crisis. He showed...
He [Rabin] recognised that any Palestinian entity would be an entity that was less than a state or demilitarised. Rabin cared very much about preserving a Jewish democratic homeland in Israel. This is what motivated him throughout his career. He worried about a...
Questioned the impact of peace agreements between Israel and various Middle Eastern states on security and stability in the region. The question is: what’s the department’s assessment of the impact of these normalisation-of-relations agreements on regional...