Room 8

This space is different from the rest of the museum. Until this point, visitors have walked through two parallel stories presented in two separate spaces: the story of Israel was told in the rooms, and the life of Yitzhak Rabin was exhibited in the hallway. 

Now the two stories fuse, the personal and the general, into one space – they are connected to each other and impacted by each other. 

In this part of the museum, Rabin is represented as a leader striving towards creating a historic turning point in Israel’s relations with the Palestinians and Arab countries, thus changing national priorities. Israeli society and its transformation in response to his leadership is presented in contrast. It is in this context that reactions to Rabin’s policy which began with legitimate protest and turned into reckless and unrestrained incitement are described.