Yitzhak Rabin the fifth Prime Minister of Israel

Adam Zapel
2 min readOct 20, 2021

Not overlaps. thoroughness.
Not slippery, hard honesty.
Not proud that he sleeps well at night,
His sleep is wandering.
Not good at speeches. Very good in performance.
Does not throw responsibility on juniors, associates and family members. takes upon himself.
Not funny. Not having fun. Gloomy, hesitant. Angry a lot and calmed down quickly.
Not a flatterer.
Not the King of Israel.
Not good at English speeches. Good in relations with the world; Won the honor.
Not good at small politics. Very good at strategy; Understands first that the Iranians are the existential threat.
Dislikes journalists and does not hate them.
Does not smoke cigars. Only cigarettes. Snoring sometimes.
Going for tough conversations. With bereaved parents. With a public that saw an attack. With Ben-Gurion telling him that the third house is about to fall because of him. Collapses later. Rises and leads the IDF that prepared for the Six Day War.
Does not say in his heart: Everyone is small about me. The country is small on me.
Not arrogant. Say about it whatever you want. Arrogant — no.
Does not take himself seriously. Stands a little to the side. shy.
Not a great socialist and not a great capitalist. Doing what works well.
Does not fold in the wind. Not zigzagging much.
Think there is a possibility of peace. Poor lot for this possibility. Do not believe in the address of the Prime Minister’s House. Believes in his way. More right or wrong, he paid the top price. murdered.
You think all this in the past. But if it’s our past, it’s part of us. It’s still alive and could be again.

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