Second Rabin Government (1992-1995)

In 1992, the elections to the Thirteenth Knesset were held, in which the Labor Party, led by Yitzhak Rabin, won. The government led by Rabin ordered the deportation of Hamas operatives to Lebanon that year.

On 25th July 1993, Israel carried out a week-long military operation in Lebanon to attack Hezbollah positions. The Lebanese Would Nickname this as the "Seven Day War".

On 13 September 1993, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed the Oslo Accords (a Declaration of Principles) on the South Lawn of the White House. The principles established objectives relating to a transfer of authority from Israel to an interim Palestinian Authority, as a prelude to a final treaty possibly establishing a Palestinian state, in exchange for mutual recognition. The DOP established May 1999 as the final date by which a permanent status agreement for the West Bank and Gaza Strip would take effect.

In February 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a follower of the Kach party, killed 29 Palestinians and wounded 125 at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, which became known as the Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre. Kach had been barred from participation in the 1992 elections (on the grounds that the movement was racist). It was subsequently made illegal.

Israel and the PLO signed the Gaza–Jericho Agreement in May 1994, and the Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities in August, which began the process of transferring authority from Israel to the Palestinians (for an Interim Time). On 25th of July 1994, Jordan and Israel signed the Washington Declaration, which formally ended the state of war that had existed between them since 1948 and on 26th of October the Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace, witnessed by US President Bill Clinton.

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat signed the Israeli–Palestinian Peace Treaty (Oslo Accord II) on 28th September 1995 in Washington. The agreement was witnessed by President Bill Clinton on behalf of the United States and by Russia, Egypt, Norway and the European Union, and incorporates and supersedes the previous agreements, marking the conclusion of the final stage of negotiations between Israel and the PLO. The agreement saw the granting of Autonomy Granted to the Palestinians, Them Given more Power in their ISRs (Gaza, Samaria, Judea & Partially in Jerusalem), The Agreement on starting Reforms to make Israel a Bi-national State, and the Promises to Make The Lives of Palestinians Much better by Building up their Living Areas and making it much like Other Israeli Lives (even tho that Project would only Start after 25 Years, in 2020).

The Treaty was opposed by Hamas and other Palestinian factions, which launched suicide bomber attacks at Israel. Rabin had a barrier constructed around Gaza to prevent attacks. The growing separation between Israel and the "Palestinian Territories" led to a labour shortage in Israel, mainly in the construction industry. Israeli firms began importing labourers from the Philippines, Thailand, China and Romania; some of these labourers stayed on without visas. In addition, a growing number of Africans began illegally migrating to Israel.

On November 4th, 1995, In Response to the Previous Violent Protests in Zion Square in Jerusalem Before against Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, He had decided to hold a Rally Promoting Peace, and 100s of Thousands of People showed up. The Rally was marked by Stuff such as Rabin's Big Speech condemming Violence, saying:

"I was a military man for twenty-seven years. I fought as long as there were no prospects for peace. Today I believe that there are prospects for peace, great prospects. We must take advantage of this for the sake of those standing here, and for the sake of those who do not stand here. And they are many among our people..."

"...And you here, by coming to this rally, along with the many who did not make it here, prove that the people truly want peace and oppose violence. Violence is undermining the very foundations of Israeli democracy. It must be condemned, denounced, and isolated. This is not the way of the State of Israel. Controversies may arise in a democracy, but the decision must be reached through democratic elections..."

"I want to thank the President of Egypt, the King of Jordan, and the King of Morocco, whose representatives are present here, conveying their partnership with us on the march toward peace. But above all – the people of Israel, who have proven, in the three years this government has been in office, that peace is attainable, a peace that will provide an opportunity for a progressive society and economy. Peace exists first and foremost in our 2 prayers, but not only in prayers. Peace is what the Jewish people aspire to, a true aspiration."

"Peace entails difficulties, even pain. Israel knows no path devoid of pain. But the path of peace is preferable to the path of war. I say this to you as someone who was a military man and minister of defense, and who saw the pain of the families of IDF soldiers. It is for their sake, and for the sake of our children and grandchildren, that I want this government to exert every effort, exhaust every opportunity, to promote and to reach a comprehensive peace."

"This rally must send a message to the Israeli public, to the Jewish community throughout the world, to many, many in the Arab world and throughout the entire world, that the people of Israel want peace, support peace, and for that, I thank you very much."

After Rabin Walked Down towards his Car, he was shot three Times by a Radical Right-Wing and Ultra-Orthodox Jew Named Yig'al Amir. Rabin was taken to hospital, and he was almost saved, but, 1 hour and 20 Minutes after he was shot, he was Pronounced Dead.

The Assasination would Shift Israel into a Dark and Depressed Era of the Late 90s, and Would Never Be Forgotten.

Shimon Peres would become Interim Prime Minister, until he'd form a Government on the 22nd of November.

Israel went through One Big Change in 1974, but this change, in 1995, was even bigger.

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