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Israelis Light 25,000 Candles to Commemorate 25th Year Since Rabin Assassination

Gathering in central Tel Aviv to honor the memory of the late prime minister and longtime statesman.
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October 31, 2020
Israelis prepare for a display of 25,000 memory candles in honor of the 25th Memorial Day for the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Oct. 29, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Twenty-five-thousand memorial candles were lit in Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv on Thursday to commemorate the 25th Memorial Day of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Rabin, 73, was murdered by Bar-Ilan University law student and right-wing activist Yigal Amir on Nov. 4, 1995, during a rally in Tel Aviv.

The rally was held to celebrate the Oslo Accords and peace process between the Israeli government and PLO chief Yasser Arafat, which was brokered by U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Rabin was the fifth prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office—from 1974–77, and again from 1992 until he was killed.

Israelis at a display of 25,000 memory candles with the Hebrew words for “Song of Peace” highlighted in honor of the 25th Memorial Day for the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Oct. 29, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israelis at a display of 25,000 memory candles in honor of the 25th Memorial Day for the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Oct. 29, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
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