Yitzhak Rabin

FACT FILE:

First name: Yitzhak

Last name: Rabin

Place of birth: Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine

Date of birth: March 1 1922

Place of death: Tel Aviv, Israel

Date of death: 4 November 1995

Married to: Lea Rabin

Professions:

1. Military officer

2. Prime minister

3. Ambassador of Israel

Important facts:

1. He was an alcoholic

2. Rabin was a battalion commander in the Palmach

3. Commander of the Harel Brigade in the War of Independence

Watch the clip and answer the qustions below:

1.What was his code name when he joined the Palmach?

2.Which number of ramatcal was he in Isreal?

3.What was he appointed for after he retired from the military?

4.In what year Rabin was appointed as the prime minister?

5.In what year Rabin won a Nobel prize?

In this map you can see Rabin’s square, the place where Yitzhak Rabin was shot to death by Yigal Amir on 4.11.1995. It was a shocking event for all the people of the country of Israel.