Rabin and Arafat Shake Hands
In 1993, the Israeli prime minister and the PLO leader shook hands and made history
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
September 15, 20148m 57s
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Show Notes
In September 1993 the Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, and the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat, made history by shaking hands on the White House lawn. But it was a moment that almost didn't happen. Witness talks to White House insider, John Podesta, who was there.
(Photo: Left to right, Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton and the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat. Credit: J. David Ake/AFP/Getty Images)