Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth1 March 1922
CityJerusalem, Israel
CountryIsrael
party focus littles
One of my theories about why we've been cranky is Australians have been forced to focus on politics or party politics a little bit more than they normally would.
couple beer past
I'm not saying Christopher Pyne and all them are my enemies, they're great blokes, shouted me a few beers a couple of times which I like, it's - we have got to sit down with the people like that. We have got to sit down with people like that and negotiate and work our way through. If we don't do that then we're just going to continue the sins of the past.
enemy
You don't make friends with friends. You have got to make friends with your enemies.
israel differences appreciate
We appreciate the efforts of the United States, of the president, of the secretary of state, and we are ready to find any form of talks, but we have to overcome the differences between Syria and Israel to reach peace.
believe government i-believe
I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.
israel years here-i-am
I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.
height doe compromise
We will not leave the Golan Heights, not even in exchange for a peace treaty. We will be ready for a limited compromise and it does not have to be in territorial terms.
israel important principles
Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.
peace
Peace will be victorious.
war prevention tests
I considered the prevention of war as the test of our security policy; in addition to being able to rapidly and forcefully end any war forced upon us.
israel president jerusalem
I invite President Assad to come to Jerusalem and to speak with me, with our parliament, with whomever he wants to speak in Israel and in the territories among the Palestinians.
jerusalem united divided
Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.
military army numbers
I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace.
war thinking two
We did not think that [Egyptian President] Nasser wanted war. The two divisions he sent to Sinai on May 14 would not have been sufficient to launch an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it.