Editing Yitzhak Rabin (section)

==Assassination and aftermath==
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[[File:Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 1995 Dan Hadani Archive.jpg|thumb|Rabin delivering his speech at the 4 November 1995 rally, shortly before his assassination]]
[[File:Channel2 - Yitzhak Rabin.webm|thumb|Short video about Yitzhak Rabin from the [[Hevrat HaHadashot|Israeli News Company]]]]
On the evening of 4 November 1995 (12th of [[Heshvan]] on the Hebrew calendar),<ref>[http://www.hebcal.com/converter/?gd=4&gm=11&gy=1995&gs=on&g2h=Convert+Gregorian+to+Hebrew+date 4 November 1995] ''hebcal''</ref> Rabin was assassinated by [[Yigal Amir]], a law student and [[Far-right politics|right-wing extremist]] who opposed the signing of the [[Oslo Accords]]. Rabin had been attending a mass rally at the [[Rabin Square|Kings of Israel Square]] (now Rabin Square) in [[Tel Aviv]], held in support of the Oslo Accords. When the rally ended, Rabin walked down the city hall steps towards the open door of his car, at which point Amir fired three shots at Rabin with a [[semi-automatic pistol]]. Two shots hit Rabin, and the third lightly injured Yoram Rubin, one of Rabin's bodyguards. Rabin was taken to the nearby [[Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center|Ichilov Hospital]], where he died on the operating table of blood loss and two punctured [[human lung|lungs]]. Amir was immediately seized by Rabin's bodyguards and police. He was later tried, found guilty, and sentenced to [[life imprisonment]]. After an emergency cabinet meeting, Israel's foreign minister, [[Shimon Peres]], was appointed as acting Israeli prime minister.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/4/newsid_2514000/2514437.stm BBC] On This Day</ref>

Rabin's assassination shocked the Israeli public and much of the rest of the world. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis gathered at the square where Rabin was assassinated to mourn his death. Young people, in particular, turned out in large numbers, lighting memorial candles and singing peace songs. On 6 November 1995, he was buried on [[Mount Herzl]]. Rabin's funeral was attended by many world leaders, among them U.S. president [[Bill Clinton]], Australian Prime Minister [[Paul Keating]], Egyptian president [[Hosni Mubarak]], and [[King Hussein of Jordan]]. Clinton delivered a eulogy whose final words were in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] – "Shalom, haver" ({{langx|he|שלום חבר|lit=Goodbye, friend}}).<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9511/rabin/umbrella/index.html The Assassination and Funeral of Yitzhak Rabin] CNN</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jewish/haver.html |title=Shalom haver |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623191631/http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jewish/haver.html |archive-date=23 June 2009 }}</ref>

The square where he was assassinated, ''Kikar Malkhei Yisrael'' (Kings of Israel Square), was renamed [[Rabin Square]] in his honor. Many other streets and public institutions in Israel have also subsequently been named after him. After his assassination, Rabin was hailed as a national symbol and came to embody the ethos of the "Israeli peace camp," despite his military career and hawkish views earlier in life.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010303172917/http://info.jpost.com/1998/Supplements/Rabin/7.html Jpost] "Third anniversary commemoration, Yitzhak Rabin: The Sabra, the Mensch'' By Abraham Rabinovich</ref> In November 2000, his wife Leah died and was buried alongside him.

After the murder, it was revealed that [[Avishai Raviv]], a well-known right-wing extremist at the time, was a [[Shin Bet]] agent-informer codenamed Champagne. Raviv was later acquitted in court of charges that he failed to prevent the assassination. The court ruled there was no evidence that Raviv knew Amir was plotting to kill Rabin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Avishai Raviv acquitted of having failed to prevent Rabin assassination|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/avishai-raviv-acquitted-of-having-failed-to-prevent-rabin-assassination-1.14368|access-date=8 September 2013|newspaper=Haaretz|date=1 April 2003|author=Moshe Reinfeld}}</ref> After Rabin's assassination, his daughter [[Dalia Rabin-Pelossof]] entered politics and was elected to the Knesset in 1999 as part of the [[Center Party (Israel)|Center Party]]. In 2001, she served as Israel's deputy [[Defense Minister of Israel|minister of defense]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Deputy Defense Minister Dalia Rabin-Pelossof|url=http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=6821|access-date=8 September 2013|newspaper=IMRA|date=12 June 2001}}</ref>

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File:Kikar rabin.jpg|Monument marking the site of the assassination: Ibn Gabirol Street between [[Tel Aviv City Hall]] and Gan Ha'ir
File:Rabins' Grave.JPG|Graves of Yitzhak (right) and Leah Rabin (left) on [[Mount Herzl]]
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