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.

|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?

|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.

|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.

|BySAM HALPERN, MATHILDA HELLER

Israel Elections: Will Palestinian terror shape the 2022 vote's outcome?

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: The bottom line is: Palestinian terrorism may yet determine the outcome of the Israeli election in 2022, just as it did in 1996.

OCTOBER 21, 2022ByHERB KEINON
POLICE AND RESCUE personnel at the scene Wednesday night’s terror attack at the entrance to Ma’aleh Adumim.

Why a two-state solution won’t work - opinion

Another problem that the terminology of the two-state solution generates is the expectation that if the Palestinians’ grievances are fully addressed and resolved.

OCTOBER 9, 2022ByDORE GOLD
PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid addresses the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 22.

Grapevine October 2, 2022: Remembering Rabin

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 2, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
A CLOSE LOOK at Yitzhak Rabin’s core diplomatic and defense views, above and beyond Oslo, does the late prime minister more justice.

Labor to hold Rabin memorial in Zion Square 3 days before elections

Labor intends to hold the Rabin memorial rally in Zion Square in Jerusalem, where an infamous anti-Rabin protest took place before his murder.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

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.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022ByMARK REGEV
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.

AUGUST 24, 2022BySTUART GELLER
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.

JULY 7, 2022ByMARK REGEV
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.

JUNE 1, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

MAY 19, 2022ByMORDECHAI BECK
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.

MAY 19, 2022BySHARON ALTSHUL
Jackie Kennedy accompanies Leah Rabin during a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1976.