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Notes From the Lampert Library

library prime-minister-yitzhak-rabinAs I write this, it’s been twenty years to the day since Yitzchak Rabin was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli who disagreed with the peace efforts that were the highlight of Rabin’s time as Prime Minister.

Rabin was Israeli’s fifth Prime Minister and the first to be a native born Israeli. He spent 27 years as a soldier, first in the Palmach and later in the Israel defense Forces (IDF). In 1964 he became chief-of-staff of the Israel Defense Forces during which time the Six-Day War was waged and won.

After serving as ambassador to the United States (1968-1973), he was appointed prime minister upon the resignation of Golda Meir. During his first stint as PM, he ordered the Entebbe raid and signed the Sinai Interim Agreement with Egypt supporting peaceful solution to the conflict in the Middle East. He resigned in 1977 because of both political and financial problems.

LIBRARY rabin nobelIn 1992, Rabin again became prime minister and embraced the Peace Process and the Oslo Accords. He shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with Shimon Peres and Yasir Arafat, signed a peace treaty with Jordan.

Rabin’s efforts toward peace in the Middle East are still debated and the issue has divided the country since then.

LIBRARY rabin arafatBelow are books relating to Rabin and the peace process. The books are arranged chronologically to gain perspective on Rabin and the progress towards peace.

  • Rabin, The Rabin memoirs (1979)
  • Slater, Rabin of Israel (1993)
  • Artzi-Pelossof, In the Name of Sorrow and Hope (1996)
  • Horowitz, The Life and Legacy of Yitzchak Rabin (1996)
  • Rabin, Rabin: Our Life, His Legacy (1997)
  • Kurzman, Soldier of Peace: The Life of Yitzchak Rabin (1998)
  • Savir, The Process: 1100 Days That Changed the Middle East (1998)
  • Keret, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God and Other Stories (2001)
  • Enderlin, Shattered Dreams: The Failure of the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1995-2002 (2003)
  • Grossman, Writing in the Dark (2008)
  • Indyk, Innocent Abroad: U.S. Diplomacy and the Effort to Transform the Middle East (2009)

 

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