Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: ' ( -- ` in Hebrew , other spellings : Yitschak Rabin , Yitzchak Rabin ) ( March 1 , 1922 -- November 4 , 1995 ) was an Israeli politician and general .
Simplified: ' ( 1 March 1922 â `` 4 November 1995 ) was an Israeli politician and general .