Rabin Assassination: Last Speech at Rally, Assassination Yitzhak Rabin: Arafat Reaction - Grieving M

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Israel - Rabin Assassination: Last Speech at Rally
Pool
Tel Aviv, Israel. - 4 November 1995
The last speech made by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was a call to pro-peace activists for continued progress in reaching a political settlement in the Middle East .Within an hour the Prime Minister was dead, gunned down by three bullets as he left the rally. Rabin was about to get into his car to leave when the gunman fired the bullets from a close distance, hitting Rabin in the back and stomach. A suspect, a right-wing law student, was in custody. Rabin was taken to Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital where he died about an hour later on the operating table.
Various demonstrators with banners and placards
SOUNDBITE: Rabin (Hebrew)
"Good evening, good week. Let me say that I'm getting excited as well. I would like to thank each and every one of you that stood here against violence and for peace. This government that I have the privilege of leading...."
Close-up of Palestinian and Israeli flags
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Israel - Assassination Yitzhak Rabin
WTN
Tel Aviv - 5 November 1995
(Audio as incoming)
A day after Israeli PM, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated by an extremist Jew, Israeli police and the domestic intelligence service Shin Beth were under fire for their failure to protect Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin from an assassin's bullets. Rabin was shot by a 27 year old student as he was leaving a peace rally in Tel Aviv. Israeli Cabinet ministers met in an emergency meeting after the shooting and announced Shimon Peres would step in as acting prime minister The death of Rabin has thrown doubts on the future of the Middle East Peace process but Peres stated he was certain Rabin's last wish would be to continue the peace process
GVs security outside hospital
SOT Israeli health minister Ephraim Sneh outside the hospital announcing in english the death of prime minister Rabin
GVs roundtable of cabinet emergency meeting
CU of Rabin with Peres singing at the peace rally before Rabin was shot
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Israel - Rabin Assassination : Arafat Reaction
APTV
Gaza - 5 November 1995
SOUNDBITE: (English) Yasser Arafat
"I am very saddened and very shocked for this awful and terrible crime. Against one of the brave leaders of Israel and the peace makers".
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Israel - Rabin Assassination : Grieving Mourners at Funeral
APTV
6 November 1995
Men moving casket into jeep to go to funeral grounds
Leah Rabin greeting someone at funeral grounds
AUDIO: Siren sounding as soldiers salute and funeral-goers and Israelis observe a moments silence
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Israel - Rabin Assassination : Alleged Killer Appears in Court
APTV
Tel Aviv - 6 November 1995
The alleged killer of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has appeared in court in Tel-Aviv, where he was remanded in custody for 15 days. Police say 27 year-old Yigal Amir has confessed to the killing. There was intense security at Tel Aviv's main courtroom for the appearance of the suspected assassin of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Yigal Amir was hustled into the court surrounded by police and soldiers. Unshaven and handcuffed, the slightly built Amir was brought before Magistrate Dan Arbel. He told the judge he killed Rabin to stop the peace process. The 27 year old law and computer science student said Rabin was giving Israel away to the Arabs.
Amir being led in surrounded by police
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Israel - Rabin's Death Aftermath/ Raviv Arrested
WTN
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv - 8 November 1995
Hertzl cemetery, Jerusalem:
Rabin's flower-covered grave
Rabin's photo on grave
Tel Aviv
Avishai Raviv seated in courtroom between guards

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