Rabin's standing with the public began to rise thereafter. In 1992 hard-line Israeli voters switched to the Labor Party, only because Rabin headed the ticket. As Prime Minister, Rabin used his new power to start peace talks with the Palestinians and the Jordanians. Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995, is now judged a hero by enlightened public opinion the world over. More on politics and society in The Atlantic Monthly and Atlantic Unbound.
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The disturbing freshness of Gibbon's Decline and Fall. Elsewhere on the Web Links to related material on other Web sites. Machiavelli Online General information about Machiavelli, the text of some of his writings, and links to related sites. Posted by a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1970 and again in the 1980s King Hussein of Jordan cracked down brutally on the Palestinians.