Oslo Accords
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The Oslo Accords are a pair of interim agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization: the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993; and the Oslo II Accord, signed in Ta
Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin (left) and President of Palestine Yasser Arafat (right) shake hands in the presence of United States president Bill Clinton (middle) at the White House in 1993
Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin receiving the Nobel Peace Prize following the Oslo Accords, 10 December 1994
Yitzhak Rabin, the prime minister of Israel, was assassinated on 4 November 1995 at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo Accords at Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. The assailant was
Oslo Accords
…Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide bombings and attacks. Far-right Israelis also opposed the Oslo Accords, and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995 by a right-wing Israeli extremist for signing them. “We who have fought against you, the Palestinians, we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice…
Rabin speaking at the rally on the night of his assassination
Rabin's family mourn at his funeral
Site of the rally before the assassination: Kings of Israel Square with Tel Aviv City Hall in the background.
A portion of the crowd assembled at the rally