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Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis

Date
13 Sep 1993
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis

The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, shook hands on the White House lawn after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis. The handshake marked a historic progress towards peaceful co-existence between the two nations. The two leaders were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to restore peace in the Middle East. Click here to read more about the Nobel Prize.

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  1. 01BBC News,(1993),from BBC News,[Online],Avaliable at news.bbc.co.uk,[Accessed:12 September 2012]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013103

South African History Online (2011) 'Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013103 (Accessed: 8 August 2026).

South African History Online, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013103, (accessed 8 August 2026).

"Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013103. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013103.

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