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Encyclopedia > Lea Rabin

Lea (Leah) Rabin (April 8, 1928 in Königsberg, East Prussia,Germany — November 12, 2000 in Petach Tikva, Israel) was the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995. April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad (Russian: Калининград, German: Königsberg, Polish: Królewiec, Lithuanian: Karaliaučius, Latin: Regiomontium) is a seaport city, capital and main city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Petah-Tikva (פתח-תקוה, also transliterated as Petach Tikva, Petaḥ Tiqwa or Petach Tiqwa) is a city in the west of the Center District of Israel Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. ... The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ... Yitzhak Rabin â–¶ (help· info) (or Yitschak Rabin) (יצחק רבין in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Yitzhak and Lea Rabin's grave on Mount Herzl.

In 1933, she emigrated with her family to Palestine where she met her future husband, Yitzhak Rabin, at school. They married in 1948, the year of Israel's independence. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 417 KB) Grave of w:Yitzhak Rabin (black stone) and w:Lea Rabin (white stone) atop w:Mount Herzl File links The following pages link to this file: Yitzhak Rabin ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 417 KB) Grave of w:Yitzhak Rabin (black stone) and w:Lea Rabin (white stone) atop w:Mount Herzl File links The following pages link to this file: Yitzhak Rabin ... Tomb of Theodor Herzl at the top of Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Israel. ... Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ...


Lea Rabin supported the peace efforts of her husband in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and worked further for a solution after his assassination. She wrote a book about her memories of her husband, which was released in 1997, under the name Rabin: Our Life, His Legacy. Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...


However, a few years after her husband's death, she was diagnosed with lung cancer and she died in 2000 at the age of 72. The incidence of lung cancer is highly correlated with smoking. ...


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Reference for Yitzhak Rabin - Search.com (2077 words)
Yitzhak Rabin was born in Jerusalem in 1922 to Nehemiah and Rosa, two pioneers of the Third Aliyah.
Yitzhak Rabin's mother, Rosa Cohen, was born in 1890 in Mohilev in Belarus.
Rabin was rushed to the nearby Ichilov Hospital, where he died on the operating table of massive blood loss and a punctured lung.
Encyclopedia: Yitzhak Rabin (594 words)
Rabin played a key role in peace negotiations between Israel and its Arab neighbors, and in 1993 he endorsed a historic peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), providing for mutual recognition and a transition to Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Yitzhak Rabin (Hebrew (The ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel) יִצְחָק רַבִּין) (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli (A native or inhabitant of Israel) politician (A person active in party politics) and military general (A general officer of the highest rank).
Rabin was born in Jerusalem (Capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom) in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine (additional info and facts about British Mandate of Palestine).
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