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President Isaac Herzog speaks at a state memorial ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, October 22, 2026. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Golan: PM 'creating the conditions for the next Yigal Amir'
‘Words kill’: Herzog pleads for civility ahead of election at Rabin memorial ceremony
By Nava Freiberg, Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
President vows never to free Rabin's killer, Yigal Amir; Netanyahu skips ceremony attended by IDF and Shin Bet chief, as well as Eisenkot, marking 31 years since 1995 assassination
Then opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu looks out over a right-wing rally in Jerusalem's Zion Square in 1995. The slogan on the sign partially visible below him reads: 'The nation did not decide.' (screen capture: YouTube)
September 16, 2026, 5:17 pm
The writing is on the wall, again
The election campaign is turning toxic. The prime minister, who insists he played no role in the incitement that created the poisonous climate prior to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, needs to urgently internalize the lessons of 1995
By David Horovitz
Assailants assault a 75-year-old man for taking down a banner calling for the release of Yigal Amir, the far-right assassin who killed Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, on July 28, 2026. (Screenshots/Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 3, 2026, 7:28 pm
Older man beaten for removing banner supporting Rabin’s killer, suffers brain bleed
Still no arrests a week after Ilan Manes, a former lieutenant colonel in the IDF, was assaulted by a gang of youths on camera near Mevasseret Zion
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
A woman sits by a wall covered with graffiti memorializing Yitzhak Rabin during a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday, November 1, 2025, marking 30 years since his assassination. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
November 10, 2025, 5:58 am
Now in English, ‘Class of 95’ anthology brings elegies for Rabin to wider world
New edition of first-of-its-kind poetry collection memorializing prime minister aimed at galvanizing Diaspora Jews 30 years after his assassination, its editor says
By Jessica Steinberg
A crowd gathers at the Tel Aviv ceremony commemorating 30 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, November 1, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)
November 4, 2025, 5:21 pm
Yitzhak Rabin was killed 30 years ago this week. Has the Jewish world forgotten?
A new play, a book of poetry and numerous events seek to remind Jews in Israel and abroad how the death of a prime minister, killed while championing peace, is relevant today
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Shimon Sheves. November 6, 2022. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
November 4, 2025, 8:49 am
Three decades on, a return to Rabin Square gives the slain premier’s right-hand man hope
Early November used to be very painful for Shimon Sheves, one of Yitzhak Rabin’s closest aides. But as young people honor his legacy and Trump pushes a ‘repackaged’ Oslo, things are looking up
By Tal Schneider
Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin during an interview May 18, 1989, at the Tel Aviv Ministry of Defense office. (AP Photo/Anat Givon)
November 2, 2025, 4:12 pm
In newly released recordings, Rabin counsels to plan for peace but expect the unexpected
Marking 30 years since assassination, publication of archival audio shines light on fighter and peacemaker’s dual-track strategy, still strikingly relevant today
By Stav Levaton
The Democrats party leader Yair Golan speaks at a memorial rally marking the 30th anniversary of the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on November 1, 2025. The banner reads “Yes to Peace. No to Violence!” (Noam Amir / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
November 2, 2025, 1:57 am
‘The shots still resonate’: 150,000 mourn at protest rally 30 years after Rabin’s murder
Politicians and other speakers say divisive forces that motivated assassination of PM are still present; rally ends with ‘A Song for Peace,’ which Rabin sang before he was killed
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
People visit the monument site for assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on November 4, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 1, 2025, 3:28 pm
Ahead of Rabin memorial rally, son says Israeli leaders reignite hatred and division
Yuval Rabin says he sees echos of incitement that led to father’s murder, as masses expected in Tel Aviv at 1st rally in 5 years, marking 30 years since PM assassinated
By Stav Levaton
Yitzhak Rabin, left, and Shimon Peres, right, going to voting room in Tel Aviv on April 22, 1974 before Labor Party central committee chose Rabin over Peres to form a new government. (AP Photo/Nash)
November 13, 2024, 7:10 pm
In newly released 1974 recording, Rabin pushes for diplomacy alongside military power
On Hebrew anniversary of assassination, Defense Ministry releases audio from IDF meeting in which late PM says calm cannot be achieved through war alone
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a Knesset memorial session marking 19 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, November 5, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 4, 2024, 5:35 pm
On anniversary of killing, Knesset memorial for Rabin canceled at family’s request
Memorial for slain minister Ze’evi also called off; families tell parliament speaker Ohana events should not be held due to ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza Strip
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
June 30, 2024, 11:55 pm
President urges Israelis to tamp down rhetoric, warns against political violence
‘Something terrible is happening here,’ Herzog says in Jerusalem, lamenting cries of ‘treason’ in all directions
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog at a memorial service marking 27 years since the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 22, 2023, 2:36 pm
Annual memorial for assassinated PM Rabin canceled due to war with Hamas
Organizers say that ‘at this difficult time,’ official ceremony, scheduled for next week in Jerusalem, will not take place
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Benny Gantz. (Yonatan Sindel, David Cohen/Flash90)
September 19, 2023, 4:02 pm
‘Leadership failure’: Gantz rebukes Netanyahu for planning to skip Rabin memorial
Opposition MK says PM must ‘do the right thing’ and honor assassinated leader’s memory at Mount Herzl even if protests are likely; Labor head: ‘Ceremony more dignified without him’
By Michael Bachner
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a memorial service marking 23 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on October 21, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
September 19, 2023, 12:24 am
In first for sitting PM, Netanyahu expected to skip Rabin memorial at Mount Herzl
Unnamed sources close to premier call ceremony increasingly ‘political’; event has become battlefield between Netanyahu and Rabin family
By Michael Bachner
Lawyer Ari Shamai says Yigal Amir, assassin of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, should be released from prison, on a Channel 14 panel on July 30, 2023. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 1, 2023, 8:55 pm
2 more firms cut ads on Channel 14 after panelist called to release Rabin’s assassin
Delek Motors and Caesarstone, following Strauss, say right-wing network ‘is deepening the tear and broadening the divide’ in Israeli society
By ToI Staff
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