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Unpacking Israeli History

30 Years After Rabin with Haviv Rettig Gur (Part 2)

Unpacking Israeli History

Unpacked

Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, History

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Thirty years after Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, Noam Weissman sits with Journalist Haviv Rettig Gur to unpack what changed on November 4, 1995—and what didn’t. Was Oslo doomed, or did Rabin’s murder briefly revive it? How did incitement shape the 1990s—and how is Rabin taught (or not) in Israeli schools today? We revisit Rabin the general and statesman, the rise of Netanyahu-era politics, and why Left/Right labels no longer map cleanly onto Israeli life. This episode was sponsored by Debra and Avi Nader and in memory of Leo M. Bernstein. Please get in touch at noam@unpacked.media. Check us out on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This podcast was brought to you by Unpacked, an OpenDor Media brand. ------------------- For other podcasts from Unpacked, check out: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jewish History Nerds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soulful Jewish Living⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stars of David with Elon Gold ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wondering Jews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Noam Weissman, and this is Unpacking Israeli History, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating, and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history.

0:11.1

This episode of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Deborah and Avi Nader and in memory of Leo M. Bernstein.

0:19.9

To sponsor an episode of Unpacking's early history

0:22.2

or just to say what's up,

0:23.8

be in touch at Noam at unpack.med.

0:26.6

As always, check us out on Instagram,

0:28.5

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0:30.2

Just search Unpacking's Early History

0:31.5

and hit the follow or subscribe button.

0:34.0

Okay, yala.

0:35.5

Let's do this.

0:39.3

I'm not sure. I, Yala. Let's do this. We are the We, we're making the

0:41.3

government of Jewish

0:43.3

in the United States of Israel.

0:45.3

We, the people of Israel,

0:49.3

are prepared and anxious

0:51.3

to meet the representatives of our neighbors without any preconditions.

0:56.3

There are people in Israel and elsewhere say it's impossible to make peace between

1:02.7

the Arabs and Israel or the Jewish people. I think they're home.

1:10.7

Thirty years ago, a gunshot echoed through Tel Aviv's King of Israel Square and shattered more than a life.

1:17.8

It shattered a sense of possibility that the Jewish people could argue fiercely, dream boldly, and still remain one, one people, one nation. Yitzhak Rabin was a soldier who became a

1:31.2

statesman, a man who believed peace required not naivete, but courage. His signature on the Oslo

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