Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the fifth prime minister of Israel, took place on 4 November 1995 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 assailant was Yigal Amir, an Israeli law student and ultranationalist who radically opposed prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's peace initiative, particularly the signing of the Oslo Accords.
Site of the rally before the assassination: Kings of Israel Square) with Tel Aviv City Hall in the background.
Yitzhak Rabin's family mourn at his funeral.
Yitzhak Rabin's grave, December 1995.
Rabin delivering his speech at the rally
The prime minister of Israel is the head of government and chief executive of the State of Israel.
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