Yitzhak Rabin
Shai Hadar, a refreshment merchant, gatekeeper, site manager, and tour guide, has the keys to Jordan from Naharayim.
October 25, 2018, 12:00 am
Israel caught off-guard by Jordan
Israel's friendliest neighbour, Jordan, has announced that it is backing out of an agreement made when it signed the 1994 peace treaty.
By Nathan Jeffay
Israeli school children visit the Yitzhak Rabin memorial in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to mark the 23rd anniversary of his assassination. Photo: EPA/Jim Hollander
October 25, 2018, 12:00 am
Rabin’s granddaughter calls for change
The Israeli government needs to change the atmosphere in Israel or there will be another political murder, Yitzhak Rabin's granddaughter Noa Rotman warned this week.
By Nathan Jeffay
Shimon Peres at the signing ceremony. Photo: Avi Ohayon/GPO
September 13, 2018, 12:01 am
Accords architect: Oslo is not dead
While many see the Oslo Accords as misguided and a failure, the man behind them says he still believes in them, reports Nathan Jeffay.
By Nathan Jeffay
Ehud Barak for JNF.
July 13, 2018, 12:01 am
Ehud Barak for JNF
FORMER Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak will be the keynote speaker at JNF Australia's annual dinner events in August and September.
Shimon Peres in 2009.
September 29, 2016, 10:27 am
The hawk who became a dove
SHIMON Peres was a Pole who became an icon of Israel. He was a hawk who became the country’s most famous dove. He was a man who struggled for years to endear himself to the public – and finally became a national treasure.
The late Yitzhak Rabin.
November 5, 2015, 12:00 am
Reflections on Rabin’s legacy
AS 100,000 people joined together in central Tel Aviv on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, community leaders in Australia reflected on the life and legacy of the slain prime ­minister.
Rinat Kedem Bart addressing the Rabin commemoration.
November 2, 2015, 12:00 am
Victoria remembers Rabin
MORE than 200 people gathered at Beth Weizmann on Sunday, October 25 to mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Mark Dreyfus speaking in Parliament.
October 30, 2015, 12:00 am
Pollies speak up for Israel
SHADOW attorney-general Mark Dreyfus said that whatever the grievances of the Palestinians, “indiscriminate murder will never be a legitimate form of political protest” when he spoke in Parliament last week.
By Joshua Levi
The late Yitzhak Rabin.
October 12, 2015, 12:00 am
Remembering Rabin 20 years on
RINAT Kedem-Bart sat with her father in front of a TV set and cried for what seemed like a week. Despite the passage of 20 years, the memory of their reaction to the news of Yitzhak Rabin’s murder remains fresh in the Australasian Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) representative’s mind.
March 14, 2014, 12:00 am
Israel: ‘the greatest story of all’
By Gareth Narunsky
Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Photo: AJN file
October 21, 2013, 9:39 am
Rabin commemorated
WHEN the life and achievements of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin were celebrated on Tuesday night, it was the youth of the Sydney Jewish community leading the commemorations.
October 7, 2013, 12:00 am
A life serving Israel
HE served in Israel’s Shin Bet for 30 years, including seven as its director, but if a young Yaakov Perry had had his way, he’d have been a musician.
By Gareth Narunsky
Six biased United Nations General Assembly annual resolutions against Israel were opposed by Australia.
January 20, 2011, 11:58 am
Historians offer post-mortem on Labour split
THE Labour Party and political system were left in shock Monday as Defence Minister Ehud Barak announced Monday that he was resigning from the Labour Party together with four of the faction's members.
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