The Rabin Legacy

        November 4th 1995, Israel will commemorate the 19th Anniversary of the Assassination  their Beloved former PM Yitzhak Rabin. His legacy as a fighter,commander, Chief of staff, Defense Minister and The Prime Minister who delivered Peace to his People, Propelled him to be voted one of the All time Greatest Israelis.  Had That regretful, cataclysmic calamitous fateful moment  on that dreary Nov Saturday night, when a right Wing Assassin under "G0ds" orders or perhaps  Someone else's shot Three bullets into Rabin not occurred, History would perhaps Judge the" greatest Israeli" in a different light.
                The Career of one of Israel's greatest military minds, began in the Palamach, The elite fighting force of the Hagana ( Defense Underground) . During the 1948 War of Independence Rabin as an officer was tasked to lead several different operations. Most notably at " Feja" and a critical operation to open the roads to Besieged Jerusalem and the Gush Etzion Block. Under his command the missions were colossal failures, an led to his dismissal from his posts. Accusations of leaving the battlefield in other missions were also leveled. During the 1956  Sinai Campaign  "Operation Kadesh" Rabin was a non participant at any level. As Chief of Staff in during the 1967 "Six day War" under prodigious pressure Rabin Suffered a nervous breakdown or in his words " Nicotine Poison" that rendered him invalid for 48 hours and left many questions his impact on the lighting quick Israeli victory. When the Top Military brass summoned and called in many former retired generals and commanders ( bar lev, ben Ari, Sharon etc.)  to help During the "Yom Kippur war" of 1973, No one found it odd that Rabin's Phone did not ring. His Security career resumed  as Defense Minister during the Arab Intifidah or Uprising of 1988, Where for Two Years he failed miserably in quelling the violence and only after his Resignation for his role in the " Stinking trick " affair in 1990 did the violence subside. Perhaps some things that were left off the Security and Military Resume...
                Often Praised as " Neki kappaim" A biblical phrase meaning clean Hands or Honest. The Israeli Honest Abe, whom upon when it was discovered that at the time it was illegal for a Prime minister to have foreign banks with out hesitation tendered his resignation, hidden from the public was that Attorney general Aharon Barack would  level serious charges against him, should he not step down  and relented that his resignation was enough of a punishment to pursue things further. Innocently and with great naivety Rabin, to the Thunderous Cheers at the White House Lawn Shouted "Enough" as he signed off on the " Oslo Accords" or the Hutna the temporary Truce Between Israelis and Palestinians, that led to the deaths of 1500+  Israelis over the course of the Oslo accords, that have been viewed as treacherous and now about to become null and void.  After Nineteen years, the Question Still Looms What If ?  Where would the situation be, What if the Peace rally would have ended peacefully?  Would history be as kind to Yitzhak Rabin......









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