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The Assassination of Yitzchak Rabin in 10 Minutes
Witness the moment that shattered the hope of a generation in our episode on the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. On the night of November 4, 1995, at the conclusion of a massive peace rally in Tel Aviv titled "Yes to Peace, No to Violence," the Israeli Prime Minister was shot by a Jewish extremist named Yigal Amir. We'll unpack the toxic political climate that preceded the event, where the progress of the Oslo Accords had created a deep ideological rift in Israeli society, leading to inflammatory rhetoric that labeled Rabin a "traitor."
We'll explore the immediate global shock and the iconic…
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