The Times of Israel reports on Nov. 2 that Israel will mark 30 years since the Nov. 4, 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Saturday, Nov. 1. On the 20th anniversary, 100,000 gathered at the site of the assassination in Tel Aviv, and similar crowds are expected this year.
Rabin’s son Yuval—who lives in Europe, and has spoken only sparingly over the past decade—said in an interview broadcast on Oct. 31 that the country’s divisions today echo the incitement that led to his father’s murder.
Speakers at the event will include Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, former IDF Chief of Staff and MK Gadi Eisenkot, Democrats chair Yair Golan, and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the Times of Israel reports. “The ceremony will open with a screening of Rabin’s final speech, include a moment of silence at 9:42 p.m.—the exact time of his 1995 assassination—and conclude with the singing of the national anthem and ‘Shir LaShalom’ (Song for Peace), the song Rabin famously sang just minutes before he was killed.”
Yuval Rabin, in an interview aired by Channel 12 on Oct. 31, reflected on Israel’s political climate and the growing tide of hatred and polarization. He said he did not want to be a public figure, but now felt compelled to speak out. Speaking about current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yuval Rabin said: “The man is disconnected, doesn’t listen, doesn’t pay attention. He only thinks about what advantage he can get from the situation.” He also said Netanyahu was a “Hamas collaborator. That was the strategy.”
Asked if he would shake hands with Bibi Netanyahu, as his mother Leah had reluctantly done, he said: “It’s no longer personal. I feel I would be betraying hundreds of thousands or millions who fought this struggle.”
On National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, he recalled that as a young activist Ben-Gvir infamously held up a stolen emblem from Rabin’s car weeks before the assassination, and warned, “We got to his car, and we’ll get to him, too.”
Implementing LaRouche’s Oasis Plan, now, would be a blessing to the memory of the slain Israeli leader who had the “courage to change axioms.”
