Yitzhak Rabin, on retirement from the army…

Yitzhak Rabin, on retirement from the army in 1968, had become his country's ambassador to the United States, where he has forged a close relationship with U.S. leaders and procured advanced American weapons systems for Israel.

He has drawn fire from Israeli hard-liners because he advocates withdrawal from Arab territories occupied in the 1967 war as part of a general Middle East peace settlement.

Returning to Israel in March 1973, Rabin becomes active in Israeli politics.