The family of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin has requested the government cancel the state memorial service for the assassinated premier, the Ynet news site reports.
The family is concerned that the annual ceremony, this year scheduled for November 13, will be politicized amid the ongoing war, the report says.
Rabin’s wife and granddaughter do not offer a response to the report.
Last year, the annual memorial held at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery was canceled due to the war.
Rabin was shot to death by right-wing extremist Yigal Amir at the end of a mass peace rally in Tel Aviv on November 4, 1995, which was called to highlight opposition to violence and to showcase public support for his efforts to negotiate with the Palestinians.
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