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Rabin Takes Anti-Nausea Pill Before Shaking Arafat’s Hand

Just hours prior to the signing of the Oslo Accords, former Prime Minister Rabin said: “Nothing will come of it,” says Eitan Haber, his bureau chief.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Former Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin did not believe at first that the Oslo Accords would lead to peace, his close associate said on Wednesday.

Yitzhak Rabin - Government Press Office - November 2011

King Hussein of Jordan lights a cigarette for former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. – Photo courtesy GPO

Eitan Haber, who served as Rabin’s bureau chief, wrote a column in the Yediot Aharonot newspaper and described what happened in the hours that led up to the signing of the Oslo Accords on the White House lawn in 1993. Continue Reading »