' ( -- ` in Hebrew , other spellings : Yitschak Rabin , Yitzchak Rabin ) ( March 1 , 1922 -- November 4 , 1995 ) was an Israeli politician and general . He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir , a right-wing activist who had strongly opposed Rabin 's signing of the Oslo Accords and to peace with Palestine . On 4 November 1995 ( 12th of Heshvan on the Hebrew Calendar ) , Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir , a radical right-wing Orthodox Jew who opposed the signing of the Oslo Accords .