Israeli Premier Rabin Is Assassinated
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Israel, Palestine
- Date: November 4, 1995
Article abstract: Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was assassinated by an Israeli extremist following a peace rally.
Rabin Is Assassinated
On November 4, 1995, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin addressed more than 100,000 persons in Kikar Malkhei Israel (Kings of Israel) Square, in the middle of Tel Aviv. Among the persons in the audience were representatives from Jordan and Morocco, countries that until recently had nominally been at war with Israel, and Egypt, with which a peace agreement had been signed and a...
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