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On this day, November 4: Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated

On the anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin we look back on previous JC coverage

November 1, 2017 12:25
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The assassination of Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4 1995 was a defining moment in Israel's history. The Oslo Accords had been signed two years earlier by Mr Rabin and PLO chairman Yasir Arafat, and just a year before that, Mr Rabin had shaken hands with King Hussein of Jordan to mark the historic Israel-Jordan peace treaty.

On the night of November 4, 300,000 people had gathered in Tel Aviv for a peace concert, when Yigal Amir, an extremist Orthodox Jew, shot Mr Rabin as he was leaving the square.

You can find here a selection of our articles - features, opinion pieces and news stories - from past issues of the Jewish Chronicle, as our writers try to make sense of the tragedy.

 

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