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|title= Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

|title= Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

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|caption=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.

|caption=Site of the rally before the assassination: Kings of Israel Square (since renamed [[Rabin Square]]) with [[Tel Aviv]]'s [[City and town halls|City Hall]] in the background during the day.

|location=[[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]

|location=[[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]

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|type= Shooting

|type= Shooting

|weapons=[[Beretta 84F]] [[semi-automatic pistol]]

|weapons=[[Beretta 84F]] [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[pistol]]

|fatalities= Yitzhak Rabin

|fatalities= Yitzhak Rabin

|injuries= Yoram Rubin

|injuries= Yoram Rubin

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The '''assassination of Yitzhak Rabin''' happened on 4 November 1995 at 21:30. It happened at the end of a rally in support of the [[Oslo Accords]] at the [[Rabin Square|Kings of Israel Square]] in [[Tel Aviv]].  

The '''assassination of Yitzhak Rabin''' happened on 4 November 1995 at 21:30. It happened at the end of a [[:rally|rally]] in support of the [[Oslo Accords]] at the [[Rabin Square|Kings of Israel Square]] in [[Tel Aviv]].  

The assassin, an Israeli nationalist named [[Yigal Amir]], was against the accords and Prime Minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]]'s peace plans.

The [[assassin]], an Israeli [[nationalist]] named [[Yigal Amir]], was against the accords and Prime Minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]]'s peace plans.

After the rally, Rabin walked down the Tel Aviv [[City and town halls|City Hall]] steps towards his car. As he entered the car, Amir approached the car from the rear and fired two shots at Rabin with a [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[pistol]]. Rabin was hit in the [[abdomen]] and [[chest]]. Amir was immediately tackled by Rabin's [[bodyguard]]s and police on the scene, and fired a third shot at bodyguard Yoram Rubin during the struggle,  lightly wounding him.  

==Assassination==

Amir was [[arrest]]ed on the scene with the murder weapon. He was taken to a police station a few blocks away.<ref name="tam">Barak T: [http://tam.co.il/28_10_2005/magazin1.htm Ten years have passed, friend] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724013304/http://tam.co.il/28_10_2005/magazin1.htm |date=2008-07-24 }}. ''Tel Aviv Newspaper'' {{in lang|he}}</ref><ref>Perry D: ''Israel and the Quest for Permanence'', p. 216.</ref><ref name=thisamericanlife>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/570/transcript|title=570: The Night In Question|date=December 14, 2017|website=This American Life}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/31/night-yitzhak-rabin-was-assassinated|title='I did it! Now bring me schnapps!' How Rabin's assassin greeted news that Israel's champion of peace was dead|first=Dan|last=Ephron|date=October 31, 2015a|website=the Guardian}}</ref>

After the rally, Rabin walked down the city hall steps towards his car. As he entered the car, Amir approached the car from the rear and fired two shots at Rabin with a semi-automatic pistol. Rabin was hit in the abdomen and chest. Amir was immediately tackled by Rabin's bodyguards and police on the scene, and fired a third shot at bodyguard  Yoram Rubin during the struggle,  lightly wounding him.

Amir was arrested on the scene with the murder weapon. He was taken to a police station a few blocks away.<ref name="tam">Barak T: [http://tam.co.il/28_10_2005/magazin1.htm Ten years have passed, friend]. ''Tel Aviv Newspaper'' {{in lang|he}}</ref><ref>Perry D: ''Israel and the Quest for Permanence'', p. 216.</ref><ref name=thisamericanlife>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/570/transcript|title=570: The Night In Question|date=December 14, 2017|website=This American Life}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/31/night-yitzhak-rabin-was-assassinated|title=‘I did it! Now bring me schnapps!’ How Rabin’s assassin greeted news that Israel’s champion of peace was dead|first=Dan|last=Ephron|date=October 31, 2015a|website=the Guardian}}</ref>

Yoram Rubin tried to get Rabin in the car but Rabin's body was "limp and heavy".<ref name=Ephron>{{cite book |last=Ephron |first=Dan |title=Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel |date=2015 |page=175 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=978-0-393-24210-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2udwBgAAQBAJ}}</ref> Another of Rabin's bodyguards, Shai Glaser, helped put Rabin in the backseat of the car. He was taken to Ichilov Hospital at the [[Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center]], a short drive away.

Yoram Rubin tried to get Rabin in the car but Rabin's body was "limp and heavy".<ref name=Ephron>{{cite book |last=Ephron |first=Dan |title=Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel |date=2015 |page=175 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=978-0-393-24210-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Killing_a_King_The_Assassination_of_Yitz.html?id=2udwBgAAQBAJ}}</ref> Another of Rabin's bodyguards, Shai Glaser, helped put Rabin in the backseat of the car. He was taken to Ichilov Hospital at the [[Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center]], a short drive away.

Rabin, who was bleeding a lot, was conscious and said that he thought he'd been hurt but not too badly before passing out. Some ten minutes after the shooting, the car arrived at Ichilov Hospital.<ref name="Ephron176">{{harvnb|Ephron|2015|p=176}}</ref>

Rabin, who was bleeding a lot, was conscious and said that he thought he'd been hurt but not too badly before passing out. Some ten minutes after the shooting, the car arrived at Ichilov Hospital.<ref name="Ephron176">{{harvnb|Ephron|2015|p=176}}</ref>

At this time, Rabin was not breathing and had no [[pulse]]. After the air was drained from Rabin's chest, his pulse came back. He then had [[surgery]]. However his health got worse and his [[heart]] stopped. At 23:02, one hour and thirty-two minutes after the shooting, doctors gave up their tries to revive Rabin and pronounced him dead.<ref name="Ephron178">{{harvnb|Ephron|2015|p=178}}</ref>

 

Yigal Amir was tried for Rabin's murder.<ref>{{cite news|first=Serge|last=Schmemann|title=Rabin's Killer Charged With Murder, 2 Others With Conspiracy|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 6, 1995|accessdate=April 26, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/06/world/rabin-s-killer-charged-with-murder-2-others-with-conspiracy.html}}</ref> Yigal Amir was convicted and sentenced to [[life imprisonment]] for Rabin's murder and an additional six years for injuring Yoram Rubin.<ref name=mfa>{{cite web | url=http://www.israel.org/MFA/MFA-Archive/1996/Pages/Excerpts%20of%20Yigal%20Amir%20Sentencing%20Decision%20-%20March.aspx | title = Excerpts of Yigal Amir Sentencing Decision | date = March 27, 1996 | work = mfa.gov.il | quote = Following are excerpts of the sentencing decision which was rendered today (Wednesday), 27.03.96, by a three-judge panel of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court in the case of the State of Israel vs. Yigal Amir (the panel was composed of Presiding Judge Edmund A. Levy, Judge Saviyona Rotlevy, and Judge Oded Mudrich: ...}}</ref> Amir's sentence was not reduced by the [[President of Israel]], which is often see as traditional.<ref>{{cite news | first = Greer | last = Fay Cashman | title = Katsav: No pardon for Rabin's assassin | work = [[Jerusalem Post]] | page = 3 | format = full access requires payment | date = Nov 4, 2005 | accessdate = April 25, 2009 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/929796621.html?dids=929796621:929796621&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+04,+2005 | quote = President [[Moshe Katsav]] declared on Thursday that there was "no forgiveness, no absolution and no pardon" for Yigal Amir, the assassin of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Katsav said Amir "has no right to clemency", adding that there was no reason to feel pity for him. Katsav said he would recommend to the next president not to allow the subject of a reduced sentence for Amir to come up for consideration. | archive-date = January 27, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120127173805/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/929796621.html?dids=929796621:929796621&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+04,+2005 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

At this time, Rabin was not breathing and had no pulse. After the air was drained from Rabin's chest, his pulse came back. He then had surgery. However his health got worse and his heart stopped. At 11:02 PM, one hour and twenty minutes after the shooting, doctors gave up their tries to revive Rabin and pronounced him dead.<ref name="Ephron178">{{harvnb|Ephron|2015|p=178}}</ref>

== Assassination Of Yitzhak Rabin Media ==

File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - THE FAMILY OF PM YITZHAK RABIN AT HIS FUNERAL.jpg|Yitzhak Rabin's family mourn at his funeral.

==Rabin's funeral==

File:Rabin Grave.jpg|Yitzhak Rabin's grave, December 1995.

The [[funeral]] of Rabin took place on November 6,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9511/rabin/funeral/wrap/index.html|title=CNN – 'Soldier for peace' Rabin buried – Nov. 6, 1995|website=www.cnn.com}}</ref> two days after the assassination, at the [[Mount Herzl]] cemetery in [[Jerusalem]], where Rabin was later buried.  

Hundreds of world leaders, including about 80 [[Head of state|heads of state]], attended the funeral.<ref>"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1995/11/World%20Leaders%20at%20PM%20Rabin-s%20 "World Leaders in Attendance at the Funeral of the Late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin]." 6 November 1995. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</ref> President of the United States [[Bill Clinton]],<ref>"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1995/11/Rabin%20Eulogy-%20President%20Clinton Eulogy for the Late Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin by U.S. President Bill Clinton]." 6 November 1995. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</ref> [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein of Jordan]],<ref>"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1995/11/Rabin%20Funeral-%20Eulogy%20by%20King%20Hussein Eulogy for the Late Prime Minister and Defense Yitzhak Rabin by His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan]." 6 November 1995. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</ref> Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]],<ref>"http://vorige.nrc.nl/redactie/Web/Nieuws/19951106/01.html" NRC Handelsblad, 6 November 1995.</ref> Russian Prime Minister [[Viktor Chernomyrdin]],<ref>"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1995/11/Rabin%20Funeral-%20Eulogy%20by%20Viktor%20Chernomyrdin Eulogy for the Late Prime Minister and Defense Yitzhak Rabin by Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin]." 6 November 1995. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</ref> Spanish Prime Minister and European Council President-in-Office [[Felipe González]],<ref>"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1995/11/Rabin%20Funeral-%20Eulogy%20by%20Felipe%20Gonzalez Eulogy for the Late Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin by Felipe Gonzalez, Prime Minister of Spain and Current EU President]." 6 November 1995. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</ref> Prime Minister of Canada [[Jean Chrétien]], acting Israeli Prime Minister and Foreign Minister [[Shimon Peres]],<ref>"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1995/11/Rabin%20Funeral-%20Eulogy%20by%20PM%20Peres Eulogy for the Late Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin by Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres]." 6 November 1995. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</ref> United Nations Secretary-General [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]],<ref>"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1995/11/Rabin%20Funeral-%20Boutros-Ghali%20Eulogy Eulogy for the Late Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations]." 6 November 1995. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</ref> Egyptian President [[Hosni Mubarak]],<ref>"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1995/11/Rabin%20Funeral-%20Eulogy%20by%20Hosni%20Mubarak Eulogy for the Late Prime Minister and Defense Yitzhak Rabin by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak]." 6 November 1995. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</ref> President of the Republic of the Congo [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]], and President of Israel [[Ezer Weizman]]<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1995/11/Rabin%20Funeral-%20Eulogy%20by%20President%20Weizman Eulogy for the Late Prime Minister and Defense Yitzhak Rabin by President Ezer Weizman]." 6 November 1995. Ministry of Foreign Affairs</ref> were some of the world leaders who went.

File:Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 1995 V Dan Hadani Archive.jpg|[[Eitan Haber]] announces to the media that Rabin has died

File:ShalomHaver - Yitzhak Rabin's Funeral.ogv|US president [[Bill Clinton]] at Rabin's funeral. The final words were in Hebrew – "Shalom, Haver" (Hebrew: שלום חבר, lit. Goodbye, Friend)

Yigal Amir was tried for Rabin's murder.<ref>{{cite news|first=Serge|last=Schmemann|title=Rabin's Killer Charged With Murder, 2 Others With Conspiracy|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 6, 1995|accessdate=April 26, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/06/world/rabin-s-killer-charged-with-murder-2-others-with-conspiracy.html}}</ref> Yigal Amir was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for Rabin's murder and an additional six years for injuring Yoram Rubin.<ref name=mfa>{{cite web | url=http://www.israel.org/MFA/MFA-Archive/1996/Pages/Excerpts%20of%20Yigal%20Amir%20Sentencing%20Decision%20-%20March.aspx | title = Excerpts of Yigal Amir Sentencing Decision | date = March 27, 1996 | work = mfa.gov.il | quote = Following are excerpts of the sentencing decision which was rendered today (Wednesday), 27.03.96, by a three-judge panel of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court in the case of the State of Israel vs. Yigal Amir (the panel was composed of Presiding Judge Edmund A. Levy, Judge Saviyona Rotlevy, and Judge Oded Mudrich: ...}}</ref> Amir's sentence was not reduced by the [[President of Israel]], which is often see as traditional.<ref>{{cite news | first = Greer | last = Fay Cashman | title = Katsav: No pardon for Rabin's assassin | work = [[Jerusalem Post]] | page = 3 | format = full access requires payment | date = Nov 4, 2005 | accessdate = April 25, 2009 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/929796621.html?dids=929796621:929796621&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+04,+2005 | quote = President [[Moshe Katsav]] declared on Thursday that there was "no forgiveness, no absolution and no pardon" for Yigal Amir, the assassin of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Katsav said Amir "has no right to clemency", adding that there was no reason to feel pity for him. Katsav said he would recommend to the next president not to allow the subject of a reduced sentence for Amir to come up for consideration. | archive-date = January 27, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120127173805/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/929796621.html?dids=929796621:929796621&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+04,+2005 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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