Yitzhak Rabin

This week in Jewish history: The SS Exodus, Tisha B’Av, and Nobel pioneers

From the destruction of the Temples to Nobel Prize breakthroughs, the coming weeks mark defining moments of Jewish loss, resilience and achievement.

JULY 18, 2026|BySTEVEN DRUCKER

‘SS EXODUS,’ now derelict, in Haifa Port, 1952.

UGANDAN PRESIDENT Idi Amin wanted the world to see a mediator. The Israeli archive records the week when that mask began to slip.

The dictator in the terminal: Idi Amin and the Entebbe hostage crisis, 50 years on

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Half a century after one of the most daring Israeli rescue operations, what were Ugandan President Idi Amin's movements and thoughts?

JULY 2, 2026|ByALEX WINSTON

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

State Archives releases thousands of documents for Entebbe rescue's 50th anniversary

Alongside previously released materials, the State Archives is publishing in full the files related to the Entebbe operation, some of which had already been partially disclosed.

JUNE 26, 2026|ByMOSHE COHEN

Thai ambassador to Israel, Boonyarit Vichienpuntu, in front of the elephants at Jerusalem’s Tisch Family Zoological Gardens. June 4, 2026.

Elephant diplomacy: Ambassador marks mark 72 years of Thai-Israeli relations with zoo visit

“The Thai elephant is very important, they are in the heart of Thai people. They are the symbols of living diplomacy, the good relations between Thailand and Israel,” Vichienpuntu said.

JUNE 7, 2026|BySAM HALPERN, MATHILDA HELLER

Large turnout at Israel's Rabin memorial as guests criticize incitement

This year, in a departure from the norm, none of the members of the Rabin family were among the speakers, although many of them were present.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Israeli president Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal at a memorial service marking 27 years since the assasination of late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022.

Only a 'matter of time' until next assassination in Israel - Gantz

Defense Minister Benny Gantz went off script and lashed out at the Right's conduct during the Israeli election campaign.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByELIAV BREUER

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaksduring memorial ceremony marking the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022.

'Happy Rabin murder day' sign hung on Israeli highway

A sign saying "Happy Rabin murder day" was hung on Sunday on a bridge near Netanya, as Israel commemorates the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, November 7, 2019

Grapevine November 6, 2022: Pride before the fall

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Israel remembers Rabin as Netanyahu prepares to retake control

A number of MKs addressed the fact that this year's memorial will be held as Ben Gvir prepares to enter the new government.

NOVEMBER 5, 2022ByELIAV BREUER

Israelis attend a memorial ceremony for late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, organized by the Labour party, at Zion Square in Jerusalem October 29, 2022.

On This Day in 1995: Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by Jewish extremist Yigal Amir

Rabin, a former prime minister, IDF chief of staff and Israeli war hero, was assassinated during a pro-Oslo Accords rally in Tel Aviv.

NOVEMBER 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yitzhak Rabin: Israeli security realist or idealist peacemaker? - opinion

Rabin’s assassination at the hands of an ultra-right Jewish fanatic, occurring immediately following a Tel Aviv peace rally, begat the image of the slain prime minster as a martyr for peace.

NOVEMBER 3, 2022ByMARK REGEV