Yitzhak rabin

On 4 November 1995 (11th of Heshvan on the Hebrew Calendar), Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a radical right-wing Orthodox Jew who opposed the signing of the Oslo Accords. The shooting tookplace in the evening as Rabin was leaving a mass rally in Tel Aviv in support of the Oslo process. Rabin was rushed to the nearby Ichilov Hospital, where he died on the operating table of blood loss anda punctured lung within 40 minutes. Amir was immediately seized by Rabin's bodyguards. He was later tried, found guilty, and sentenced to life imprisonment. After an emergency cabinet meeting,Israel's foreign minister, Shimon Peres, was appointed as acting Israeli prime minister.[20]

Rabin's assassination came as a great shock to the Israeli public and much of the rest of the world. Hundredsof thousands of Israelis thronged the square where Rabin was assassinated to mourn his death. Young people, in particular, turned out in large numbers, lighting memorial candles and singing peacesongs. Rabin's funeral was attended by many world leaders, among them U.S. president Bill Clinton, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and King Hussein of Jordan. Clinton delivered a eulogy whose final wordswere in Hebrew — "Shalom, Haver" (Hebrew: שלום חבר‎, lit. Goodbye, Friend).[21][22]

The square where he was assassinated, Kikar Malkhei Yisrael (Kings of Israel Square), was renamed Rabin Square.Many other streets and public institutions in Israel have also subsequently been named after him. After his assassination, Rabin was hailed as a national symbol and came to embody the Israeli peacecamp ethos, despite his military career and hawkish views earlier in life.[23] He is buried on Mount Herzl. In November 2000, his wife Leah died and was buried alongside him.

There is much debateregarding the background of Rabin's assassination. There are a number of conspiracy theories related to the assassination of Rabin.

After Rabin's assassination, his daughter Dalia Rabin-Pelossof...