Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin Totally Explained

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The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin took place on November 4, 1995, at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo Accords at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv.

The assassination

After the rally, Rabin, the Israeli prime minister and defense minister, walked down the city hall steps towards the open door of his car. Three shots were fired towards the Rabin, who chose to not wear a bulletproof vest when asked to before the rally .
   The assassin, Yigal Amir, a former Hesder student and Orthodox far-right law student at Bar-Ilan University, have strenuously opposed Rabin's peace initiative and especially the signing of the Oslo Accords. Amir was subdued and arrested immediately with the murder weapon, a Beretta 84F semi-automatic pistol .380 ACP caliber. Amir also shot and slightly wounded Yoram Rubin, a security guard, with a third bullet that missed Rabin. Incidentally, Rubin was also a geography student at Bar-Ilan University at the time.
   Rabin was rushed to the Ichilov General Hospital at Tel Aviv Medical Center, where he died from his wounds within 40 minutes. Rabin's bureau chief, Eitan Haber, announced outside the gates of the hospital: "The government of Israel announces in dismay, in great sadness, and in deep sorrow, the death of prime minister and minister of defence Yitzhak Rabin, who was murdered by an assassin, tonight in Tel Aviv. May his memory be blessed."
   In Rabin's pocket was a blood-stained sheet of paper with the words to Shir Lashalom ("Song to Peace"), which ironically dwells on the impossibility of bringing a dead person back to life and therefore the need for peace.

Reactions and funeral

The assassination of Rabin was a shock to the Israeli public. Rallies and memorials took place near Kings of Israel Square—later renamed Rabin Square in his honor—as wel as near Rabin's home, the Knesset building, and the home of the assassin. Many other streets and public buildings around the country were named for Rabin as well.
The funeral of Rabin took place on November 6, the day after the assassination, at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, where Rabin was buried. Hundreds of world leaders, including about 80 heads of state, attended the funeral. Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, Spanish Prime Minister and European Council President-in-Office Felipe González acting Israeli Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, President of the United States Bill Clinton, King Hussein of Jordan, Rabin's granddaughter Noa Ben-Artzi Filosof former director-general of the prime minister's office Shimon Sheves, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, director of the Prime Minister's Bureau Eitan Haber, and President of Israel Ezer Weizman.
A national memorial day for Rabin is set on the date of his death according to the Hebrew calendar. Reggae singer Alpha Blondy has recorded a single named 'Yitzhak Rabin' in memory of the Israeli prime minister.

Conspiracy theories

Some people reject the conclusions of the Israeli court system, inquiry committee, government, and the major Israeli newspapers and posit alternative conspiracy theories of Rabin's assassination.

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