Shimon Peres the historic negotiations on the Protocol of Sèvres described by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden as the "highest form of statesmanship". In 1963, he held negotiations with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, which resulted in the sale of Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel, the first sale of U.S. military equipment to Israel. Peres represented Mapai, Rafi, the Alignment, Labor and Kadima in the Knesset, and led Alignment and Labor. Peres first succeeded Yitzhak Rabin as Acting Prime Minister briefly during 1977, before becoming Prime Minister from 1984 to 1986. As Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Rabin, Peres engineered the 1994
Rabin, the Last Day Rabin, the Last Day Rabin, the Last Day is a 2015 Israeli-French docudrama political thriller film directed by Amos Gitai. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. The film depicts the events surrounding the final days and assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. "Rabin, the Last Day" has a score of 61% on Metacritic. "The Playlist" gave the film a grade of B+, describing it as "deeply absorbing and intelligent". "The Hollywood Reporter" wrote that the film "benefits from fine technical work throughout, from Eric Gautier's sober cinematography to a