Would Yitzḥak Rabin Have Remained Loyal to a Broken Peace Process?
It’s unlikely.
October 26, 2015
It’s unlikely.
It is a commonplace among supporters of the Israeli left that, had Yitzḥak Rabin not been murdered in 1995, he would have somehow seen the Oslo Accords to their conclusion and ended the conflict with the Palestinians. In this view, Rabin’s assassin killed both the prime minister and the peace process. Jeff Jacoby has his doubts:
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