Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
| Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin | |
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Site of the rally before the assassination: Kings of Israel Square (since renamed Rabin Square) with Tel Aviv's City Hall in the background during the day.
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| Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Coordinates | 32°04′54.8″N 34°46′51.4″E / 32.081889°N 34.780944°ECoordinates: 32°04′54.8″N 34°46′51.4″E / 32.081889°N 34.780944°E |
| Date | November 4, 1995 |
| Target | Yitzhak Rabin |
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Attack type
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Shooting |
| Weapons | Beretta 84F semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 1 (Rabin) |
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Non-fatal injuries
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1 (his body guard) |
| Perpetrator | Yigal Amir |
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin took place on 4 November 1995 (12th of Marcheshvan, 5756 on the Hebrew calendar) at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo Accords at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. The assassin, an Israeli ultranationalist named Yigal Amir, radically opposed Rabin's peace initiative and particularly the signing of the Oslo Accords.
The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Minister Yitzhak Rabin was the culmination of an anti-violence rally in support of the Oslo peace process. Rabin, despite his extensive service in the Israeli military, was disparaged personally by right-wing conservatives and Likud leaders who perceived the Oslo peace process as an attempt to forfeit the occupied territories.
National religious conservatives and Likud party leaders believed that withdrawing from any "Jewish" land was heresy. Rallies, organized partially by Likud, became increasingly extreme in tone. Likud leader (and future Prime Minister) Benjamin Netanyahu accused Rabin's government of being "removed from Jewish tradition ... and Jewish values." Netanyahu addressed protesters of the Oslo movement at rallies where posters portrayed Rabin in a Nazi SS uniform or being the target in the cross-hairs of a sniper. Rabin accused Netanyahu of provoking violence, a charge which Netanyahu strenuously denied. Netanyahu's advisor Zalman Shoval replied that Netanyahu had in fact tried to silence the anti-Rabin chants and had not seen the SS poster.
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