Yitzhak Rabin Biography and Timeline

Birth of Yitzhak Rabin

Birth of Yitzhak Rabin

Deputy Commander

Appointed Deputy Battalion Commander

Prime Minister of Israel

Golda Meir announces her resignation as Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin replaces Golda Meir. Appointed Prime Minister of Israel

Role range: 1974-1977

PFLP

PFLP terrorists take a school in Maalot, Israel, 26 people are killed including 21 children after an unsuccessful rescue attempt

Role range: 1974-1977

Siege of Maalot

PFLP terrorists take a school in Maalot, Israel, 26 people are killed including 21 children after an unsuccessful rescue attempt

Role range: 1974-1977

Agreement on the Golan Heights

Israel and Syria sign an agreement on the Golan Heights

Role range: 1974-1977

Rule of Golan Heights

Israel and Syria sign an agreement on the Golan Heights

Role range: 1974-1977

Prime Minister of Israel

Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli Government

Role range: 1974-1977

Early Implementation Under New Cabinet

After becoming prime minister in June, Yitzhak Rabin oversaw continued implementation of the recently signed disengagement arrangements between Israel and Syria.

Role range: 1974-1977

Monitoring of Buffer-Zone Boundaries

The Israeli government operated under the new separation regime while United Nations observers monitored compliance with the agreement reached with Syria.

Role range: 1974-1977

Postwar Frontier Stabilization

Regular international monitoring reduced the risk of immediate renewed fighting on the Golan front, although the competing claims to the territory remained unresolved.

Role range: 1974-1977

Recognition of the right of Palestinians to sovereignty and

The United Nations recognizes the right of Palestinians to sovereignty and national independence

Role range: 1974-1977

Rule of Palestine

The United Nations recognizes the right of Palestinians to sovereignty and national independence

Role range: 1974-1977

Siege of Maalot

The Palestinian Democratic Front takes over an Israeli school in Maalot and 20 schoolchildren were killed

Role range: 1974-1977

Rule of Sinai

Kissinger, Rabin & Peres agree the withdrawal of Israel from Sinai

Suez Canal

The Suez Canal is reopened

Role range: 1974-1977

Gaza and West Bank Demonstrations Spread

Rabin directs the defence establishment as demonstrations spread from Gaza into West Bank towns after the first days of the uprising.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Commercial Strikes Expand

Rabin oversees Israeli security policy as commercial strikes and demonstrations broaden across major West Bank communities.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Jerusalem Demonstrations Spread

Rabin faces a widening security crisis as demonstrations and strikes extend into Jerusalem and continue throughout the occupied territories.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Intifada, 1st

Directs Israeli security responses as demonstrations and strikes spread during the First Intifada.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Birzeit University Closure

Israeli authorities close Birzeit University for one month amid fears of renewed demonstrations during the early months of the uprising.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Iron Fist Security Policy

Rabin supports intensified arrests, curfews and other security measures as Israel attempts to suppress continuing demonstrations and civil resistance.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Deportations

Approves deportations and emergency measures against Palestinian activists during the uprising.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

General Education Closures

Israeli authorities order hundreds of schools and higher education institutions in the occupied territories closed until further notice.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Intifada, 1st

Israel uses military force arrests curfews and deportations to suppress the First Intifada

Role range: 1987-1993

Intifada, 1st

Israel's Minister of Defence Rabin proposes that Palestinians end the Intifada in exchange for an opportunity to elect local leaders who would negotiate with the Israeli Government

Intifada

Israels Minister of Defence Rabin proposes that Palestinians end the Intifadah in exchange for an opportunity to elect local leaders who would negotiate with the Israeli Government

Peace Proposal

Proposes elections in the occupied territories as a way to create Palestinian representatives for talks.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Schools Closed Indefinitely

Israeli authorities again order Palestinian schools in the West Bank and Gaza closed as the uprising enters its second year.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Nahalin Raid

Israeli forces conduct a raid in Nahalin during unrest, and the deaths of Palestinian residents deepen tensions in the West Bank.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Beit Sahour Tax Enforcement

Rabin backs enforcement measures as troops and tax officials restrict Beit Sahour and confiscate property during the town's tax revolt.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1984-1990

Elections

Wins election on a platform linked to security and progress with Palestinians after the First Intifada.

Role range: 1992-1995

Rabin Government Formed

Rabin forms a new government committed to renewed negotiations with Palestinians after years of unrest and stalled diplomacy.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1992-1995

Renewed Israel-Syria Peace Contacts

During Yitzhak Rabin’s second premiership, the future of the Golan Heights remained a central issue in revived negotiations between Israel and Syria.

Role range: 1992-1995

Marj al-Zuhur Deportations

Rabin's government deports hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad activists to a camp in southern Lebanon, provoking international criticism.

Role range: 1987-1993 – 1992-1995

Prime Minister of Israel

Appointed Prime Minister of Israel, 2nd term

Role range: 1992-1995

PLO

Israel recognizes the PLO as no longer criminal

Role range: 1992-1995

PLO

The Israeli Supreme Court unanimously upholds the deportations of 400 Palestinians from the occupied territories to Lebanon

Role range: 1992-1995

PLO

Yitzhak Rabin announces that his country would repatriate about 100 Palestinians deported to Lebanon, an offer rejected by the deportees

Role range: 1992-1995

Meeting with At the White House with President Clinton

Yitzhak Rabin meets at the White House with President Clinton, after which Rabin offers to negotiate the return of part of the Golan Heights to Syria

Role range: 1992-1995