24 moments

  1. Birth at Shaare Zedek

    · Shaare Zedek Medical Center (historic site), Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine

    Rabin was born in Jerusalem at Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Coordinate represents the historic Shaare Zedek hospital site rather than its later campus.

  2. Childhood in Tel Aviv

    · Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine

    Rabin’s family relocated to Tel Aviv when he was one year old; he grew up there. Year is derived from Rabin’s 1922 birth and the source’s statement that the relocation occurred when he was one.

  3. Workers' Children school enrollment

    · Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine

    Rabin began his primary education at the Tel Aviv Beit Hinuch Leyaldei Ovdim. Coordinate is a representative point for Tel Aviv; the cited text does not provide the school’s street address.

  4. Kadoorie Agricultural High School

    · Kadoorie Agricultural High School, Lower Galilee, Mandatory Palestine

    Rabin enrolled at Kadoorie Agricultural High School, where his military interests intensified during the Arab revolt.

  5. Security guard at Kibbutz Ginosar

    · Kibbutz Ginosar, Mandatory Palestine

    While Kadoorie was closed for part of 1939, Rabin worked with Yigal Allon as a security guard at Kibbutz Ginosar.

  6. Palmach recruitment at Ramat Yohanan

    · Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan, Mandatory Palestine

    Palmach recruitment at Ramat Yohanan
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    During practical training at Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan, Rabin joined the newly formed Palmach section of the Haganah.

  7. Palmach sabotage mission in Lebanon

    · Lebanon

    Rabin took part in the Syria–Lebanon Campaign as a member of a Palmach unit that infiltrated Lebanon and sabotaged telephone lines. The cited operation occurred in June–July 1941; the source does not specify a more precise date or locality within Lebanon. Coordinate is a representative national point.

  8. Palmach platoon command

    · Kfar Giladi, Mandatory Palestine

    Palmach platoon command
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    Rabin commanded a Palmach platoon at Kfar Giladi and trained its members in tactics and lightning attacks.

  9. Altalena Affair on Tel Aviv beach

    · Tel Aviv beach, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Altalena Affair on Tel Aviv beach
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    During the first truce of the 1948 war, Rabin commanded IDF forces confronting the Irgun on Tel Aviv’s beach during the Altalena Affair. The first truce took place in 1948; the cited text does not supply an exact day.

  10. Harel Brigade operations in Jerusalem

    · Jerusalem, Israel

    Harel Brigade operations in Jerusalem
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    As Harel Brigade commander during the 1948 war, Rabin directed Israeli operations in Jerusalem, including fighting around Ramat Rachel. The source provides the year but not a more precise date or headquarters location within Jerusalem.

  11. Egyptian armistice talks

    · Rhodes, Greece

    Egyptian armistice talks
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    Rabin served on the Israeli delegation negotiating the armistice with Egypt on Rhodes. The source gives only the beginning of 1949, so the card uses year precision.

  12. Speech at Mount Scopus

    · Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

    Speech at Mount Scopus
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    Following the capture of Jerusalem’s Old City, Rabin delivered a prominent speech at the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus. The source does not provide an exact date for the speech.

  13. Visit to Jerusalem’s Old City

    · Old City, Jerusalem, Israel

    Visit to Jerusalem’s Old City
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    After the IDF captured the Old City in the Six-Day War, Rabin was among the first to visit it. The source gives the year of the Six-Day War but no exact visit date.

  14. Meeting Richard Nixon in Tel Aviv

    · Tel Aviv, Israel

    Meeting Richard Nixon in Tel Aviv
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    Rabin was photographed with Richard Nixon in Tel Aviv shortly after the Six-Day War. The source is a photograph caption; the precise venue in Tel Aviv is not identified.

  15. Beginning service as ambassador to the United States

    · United States

    Beginning service as ambassador to the United States
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    After retiring from the IDF, Rabin began a five-year posting as Israel’s ambassador to the United States. The source establishes presence in the United States through an ambassadorial posting but does not specify an arrival date or city; coordinate is a representative national point.

  16. Washington meeting with Meir and Kissinger

    · Washington, D.C., United States

    Washington meeting with Meir and Kissinger
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    As Israeli ambassador, Rabin appeared in Washington with Leah Rabin, Golda Meir, and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The source is a photograph caption and gives month-level precision only.

  17. U.S. state dinner guest

    · United States

    U.S. state dinner guest
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    Rabin was listed as the Israeli guest of honor at a U.S. state dinner during his first premiership. The cited state-dinner listing establishes Rabin as guest of honor but does not identify a venue; coordinate is a representative national point.

  18. U.S. state dinner guest

    · United States

    Rabin was listed as the Israeli guest of honor at a U.S. state dinner during the Carter administration. The cited state-dinner listing does not identify a venue; coordinate is a representative national point.

  19. Diplomatic trip during the First Intifada’s outbreak

    · United States

    Rabin was on a diplomatic trip in the United States when the First Intifada began in December 1987. The passage appears in the article’s account of events beginning in December 1987. It does not provide an exact itinerary or city; coordinate is a representative national point.

  20. Oslo I handshake at the White House

    · White House, Washington, D.C., United States

    Oslo I handshake at the White House
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    Rabin shook hands with Yasser Arafat at the White House during the signing of the Oslo I Declaration of Principles. The Oslo I accord is dated 13 September 1993 on the cited page.

  21. Washington Declaration with Jordan

    · Washington, D.C., United States

    Washington Declaration with Jordan
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    Rabin, King Hussein, and President Bill Clinton signed the Washington Declaration, beginning formal Israel–Jordan peace negotiations.

  22. Israel–Jordan peace treaty signing

    · Arava Valley, Israel

    Israel–Jordan peace treaty signing
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    Rabin signed the Israel–Jordan peace treaty in the Arava valley ceremony, alongside Jordanian Prime Minister Abdelsalam al-Majali. Coordinate represents the treaty-signing area near the Arava border crossing; the cited text identifies the Arava valley rather than a precise venue coordinate.

  23. Death at Ichilov Hospital

    · Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel

    After being shot at the rally, Rabin was taken to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, where he died during surgery.

  24. Peace rally at Kings of Israel Square

    · Kings of Israel Square (now Rabin Square), Tel Aviv, Israel

    Peace rally at Kings of Israel Square
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    Rabin attended a mass Tel Aviv rally supporting the Oslo Accords immediately before his assassination. Kings of Israel Square was later renamed Rabin Square.