A few thousand Israelis attend a memorial event in Tel Aviv marking 25 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
“We’re here today because Yitzhak Rabin left with a simple last will — to safeguard our country,” says Knesset opposition leader Yair Lapid, the keynote speaker at the event.
He adds: “We’re Zionists and won’t give up. We’ll defend the country from those who try to destroy it from the outside, from the inside or from the seat of power. They won’t define for us who we are and we won’t accept a lesson in patriotism from anyone.”
The movie “Incitement,” which is about Rabin’s murder through the eyes of assassin Yigal Amir, was set to be screened.
The event was held at Rabin Square, where Rabin was gunned down on November 4, 1995 by Amir, a Jewish extremist.
Israelis gather at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv for a memorial ceremony marking 25 years since the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held on November 7, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
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