In his life and in his death Rabin was hero. Throughout his life and deeds he showed courage, determination, morality and devotion to the Israeli people and country. If we went over his life stages we would see that him being a symbol was not for nothing. In every stage we can see an act or a deed of heroism.
Rabin was one of the first people who had joined the "Palmach" which was established in 1940. By doing this he showed the spirit of volunteering and his contributing to others and to the country. Soon he became a successful commander of the "Harel" corps where he led the battles for freeing Jerusalem in 1948. In these tough and hard fighting he played a major role and led to victory. Although many of his friends where killed he has not lost hope and joined the teams who talked about the firebreak agreements. Later on he wrote about those days: "I felt in my heart a deep feeling of moral responsibility towards the warriors whom by their courage blocked with their bodies the enemy from coming...". Rabin, who risked his life in the battles, has never thought about himself but on the people who fought beside him. He then made a personal swear to devote his life to ensure that Israel would ne
ver be caught unprepared to foreign aggressiveness.
The service in the Israeli Defense Forces is one of the most important values in the Israeli culture. Rabin is a model for many people who served and are still serving in the army. After the Independence war he stayed in the army for many more years and promoted to the head of the Operations Department and to the Chief of Staff second in command. In those years he has made a huge contribution for shaping the army structure, training methods and relationships with other armies. After that he was nominated to be the Chief of Staff of the IDF - the highest position one can achieve in the army. Most of his activities were about preparing the army for the next militant encounter in the face of the Arab leaders declarations. In June 1967, Rabin recommended the government to start a preventing attack against the Arab countries, which were about to invade Israel. In a Six days battle, Rabin led Israel to the greatest victory ever. Again, in his autobiography he praised the soldiers for their courage.
After the army service, Rabin has not stopped contributing to the country. As an ambassador in the United States he represented Israel loyal
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