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I considered the prevention of war as the test of our security policy in addition to being able to rapidly and forcefully end any war forced upon us.
Yitzhak Rabin
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Yitzhak Rabin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 1
Died: 1995
Died: November 4
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of Israel
Military Officer
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Jerusalem
Middle East
Itzhak Rabin
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