Editing Yitzhak Rabin (section)

==Ambassador to the United States (1968–1973)==
[[File:Yitzhak Rabin 1973 D84-017.jpg|thumb|right|Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Yitzhak Rabin and his wife [[Leah Rabin|Leah]] in the company of PM [[Golda Meir]] and Secretary of State [[Henry Kissinger]] in Washington, D.C., February 1973]]
Following his retirement from the IDF he became [[List of ambassadors of Israel to the United States|ambassador to the United State]]s beginning in 1968, serving for five years. In this period the US became the major weapon supplier of Israel and in particular he managed to get the embargo on the [[F-4 Phantom]] fighter jets lifted. During the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]] he served in no official capacity.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}