Shimon Peres 1968. He held negotiations with John F. Kennedy, which concluded with the sale of Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel, the first sale of US military equipment to Israel. In 1969, Peres was appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption and in 1970 he became Minister of Transportation and Communications. In 1974, after a period as Information Minister, he was appointed Minister of Defense in the Yitzhak Rabin government, having been Rabin's chief rival for the post of Prime Minister after Golda Meir resigned in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War. During this time, Peres continued to challenge Rabin for the chairmanship
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