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|type= ~~Shooting~~

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|type= [[Murder]] by shooting, [[assassination]]

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

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|fatalities= ~~Yitzhak Rabin~~

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|fatalities= 1 (the target)

|injuries= Yoram Rubin

|perp=[[Yigal Amir]]

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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|rally]] in support of the [[Oslo Accords]] at the [[Rabin Square|Kings of Israel Square]] in [[Tel Aviv]].

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[[Yitzhak Rabin]], the [[Prime Minister of Israel]], was shot dead on 4 November 1995 at 21:30, at 21:30 at the end of a [[:rally|rally]] in support of the [[Oslo Accords]] at the [[Rabin Square|Kings of Israel Square]] in [[Tel Aviv]]. He was 73 years old.

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

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

== Attack and death ==

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.

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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>

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== ~~Rabin's funeral~~ ==

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== Funeral ==

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.

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== ~~Amir's trial~~ ==

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== Trial ==

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: ... | access-date = November 12, 2020 | archive-date = November 16, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201116185750/http://www.israel.org/MFA/MFA-Archive/1996/Pages/Excerpts%20of%20Yigal%20Amir%20Sentencing%20Decision%20-%20March.aspx | url-status = dead }}</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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File:Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 1995 XI Dan Hadani Archive (1).jpg|Blood-stained copy of the lyrics of "[[Shir LaShalom]]" ("Song for Peace"), found in Rabin's pocket after the assassination

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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)

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

File:Kikar rabin.jpg|The monument at the site of the assassination

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