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  Yitzhak Rabin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rabin resigned from office after two crises hit him: the arrival of four F-15 jets on Shabbat led to the breaking up of his coalition; and the exposure of a US Dollar bank account held by his wife Lea Rabin, an act forbidden at that time by Israeli currency regulators.
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin was a shock for most of the Israeli public, which held rallies and memorials near the place of the assassination, his home, the Knesset and the home of the assassin.
Yitzhak Rabin's assassination was not the first or last time that a Jewish leader had been shot in the midst of political controversies and upheavels during the history before and after the establishment of the State of Israel:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin   (1396 words)

  
 Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories arose almost immediately following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister, on November 4, 1995.
Yitzhak Rabin died later on the operating table of Ichilov Hospital.
According to a leftist conspiracy theory, extreme right-wing factors in the Shabak activated Yigal Amir and joined him in a subversive conspiracy to kill Yitzhak Rabin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin_assassination_conspiracy_theories   (949 words)

  
 Yitzhak Rabin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Rabin, [[Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993]] This term in office was most famous for Operation Entebbe, in which, on his orders, the IDF rescued passengers of a plane hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
Rabin resigned from office after two crises hit him: the arrival of four F-15 jets on Sabbath led to the breaking up of his coalition; and the exposure of a US Dollar bank account held by his wife Leah Rabin, an act forbidden at that time by Israeli currency regulators.
Yitzhak and Leah Rabins' Tomb (1998) For his role in the creation of the Oslo Accords, Rabin was awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres.
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 :::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Image:Yitzhak Rabin.jpg frameYitzhak Rabin '''{{AudioHe-Yitzhak_Rabin.oggYitzhak Rabin}}''' (or '''Yitschak Rabin''') ('''יצחק רבין''' in Hebrew language Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general.
Image:Rabins' Grave.JPG thumbYitzhak and Lea Rabin's grave on [[Mount Herzl]] On November 4, 1995, Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, after attending a rally promoting the Oslo Accords Oslo process at Tel Aviv's Kings of Israel Square (which is now the Yitzhak Rabin Square).
There is Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories controversy over the circumstances of his death as officially reported.
www.mauspfeil.net /Yitzhak_Rabin.html   (1068 words)

  
 The Conspiracy to Kill Yitzhak Rabin?
A week after Rabin was killed, on November 12, journalist Amnon Abramovich revealed on Israel TV that Eyal was set up by the Shabak to provoke and trap right wing radicals and its leader, Avishai Raviv was an agent whose code name was "Champagne", referring to the bubbles of incitement he raised.
In the months prior to the assassination, the State Comptroller's Office initiated an investigation of profound corruption at the Liaison Office and the unexplained disappearance of a great deal of money in the C.I.S. In late l992, Rabin announced he was considering closing down the Liaison Office for good.
While Rabin was being operated on at Ichilov Hospital, for reasons unexplained to this day, Haber rifled through his suit and shirt pockets looking for something and pulled out the songsheet Rabin had held at the rally.
www.io.com /~patrik/rabin.htm   (3599 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Israel marks 10th anniversary of Rabin assassination
In his first interview since the assassination, the man in charge of Rabin's security the night he was killed called for a new inquiry into the killing, saying key questions remain unanswered.
Rabin, who negotiated the historic 1993 Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians, was assassinated on Nov. 4, 1995, by Yigal Amir, an ultranationalist Jew who considered Rabin a traitor.
The anniversary has given new life to long-simmering conspiracy theories among extremists that Amir did not act alone, and perhaps even was assisted by Israeli security personnel.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20051104-1220-israel-rabin.html   (643 words)

  
 Ten years after Rabin assassination, top bodyguard calls for new inquiry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
JERUSALEM (AP) - On the 10-year anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the official who was responsible for the Israeli leader's security is calling for a new investigation into the killing.
Yet, five months before the assassination, a sergeant from the army's intelligence unit overheard a conversation in a public restroom about a "little Yemenite guy" who had a handgun and had serious intentions to kill Rabin, but that information was never passed along, Yitzhaki said.
Ten years after the assassination, Israelis no longer assume that only Arabs, their traditional foes, would be the perpetrators of an attack on their leader.
www.cbc.ca /cp/world/051104/w110416.html   (457 words)

  
 j. - Israel may release assassination report
Rabin was killed on Nov. 4, 1995 by a right-wing religious student, Yigal Amir, who later confessed to the murder.
The conspiracy theorists were given new fuel this week after Carmi Gillon, who headed the Shin Bet in November 1995, confirmed that Avishai Raviv, a right-wing activist who knew Amir, had been an agent for the domestic security service for eight years.
Among the conspiracy theories that began to circulate after the assassination was the claim that Raviv had been used by the Shin Bet to stir up sentiment against the right wing, which opposed Rabin's peace policies.
www.jewishsf.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/7414/edition_id/140/format/html/displaystory.html   (460 words)

  
 NewStandard: 11/5/97
Rabin's son, Yuval, said Sunday that anti-peace groups were spreading conspiracy theories to sow confusion.
At the core of the theories is the claim -- reported by Israel's mainstream media in the past -- that Raviv, leader of the Jewish extremist group Eyal and a close friend of Amir, was a paid agent for the Shin Bet.
Rabin's widow, Leah, also says she was told by security agents that everything was OK as she was hustled into her car.
www.s-t.com /daily/11-97/11-05-97/b08wn148.htm   (630 words)

  
 The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
This nexus elicits its harshest rhetoric in the context of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin on Nov. 4, 1995.
Proponents of the two theories met, so to speak, on Nov. 30 at a Tel Aviv workshop entitled: “The Avishai Raviv Affair and Who is Afraid of Probing the Conspiracy to Assassinate Rabin.” While the Ravivists conspired inside the hall, a squad of demonstrators from a peace movement protested outside.
On July 8, the Knesset enacted a State memorial day for Yitzhak Rabin, to be marked annually on 12 Heshvan, the anniversary of his death according to the Jewish calendar.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/rabinass.html   (883 words)

  
 Israeli soldier, father held in Rabin assassination
JERUSALEM -- Adding to theories Yitzhak Rabin was the victim of a right-wing plot, security sources said Saturday that a member of an elite army unit has been arrested on suspicion of supplying Rabin's killer with weapons.
As the seven-day mourning period, or Shiva, neared an end Saturday, tens of thousands of Israelis converged on Rabin's grave on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem for a final farewell, causing a traffic jam in a city whose streets are normally deserted during the Jewish sabbath.
Several of the suspects held in Rabin's assassination are members of a Kach offshoot, Eyal.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/page1/95/11/12/israel.html   (873 words)

  
 Yigal Amir - Psychology Central
Image:Yigal Amir Mug Shot.jpg Yigal Amir (Hebrew: יגאל עמיר) (born May 23, 1970) is the convicted Israeli assassin of the former Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin.
Amir is currently serving a life sentence for the assassination plus 14 years for conspiracy to assassinate Yitzhak Rabin on different occasions and for injuring Rabin's bodyguard.
Amir was held in isolation in the Be'er Sheva Prison, and was moved to the Ayalon Prison in 2003.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Yigal_Amir   (1154 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Barry Chamish
Barry Chamish is a Canadian-born Israeli conspiracy theorist.
He links his conspiracy theories with the roles of Freemasonry and the New World Order.
He has also written a book about UFO sightings in Israel, and currently has a website and newsletter devoted to conspiracy theories about the deaths of various Israelis and Israeli politics.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Barry_Chamish   (219 words)

  
 The Conspiracy to Assassinate Yitzhak Rabin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Most sinister of all, during the final seconds of the film while Rabin is supposedly being lain on the back seat of the car, followed by the wounded bodyguard, someone closes the opposite back passenger door of the car from inside.
On the night of the murder, a close Rabin compatriot, Member of Knesset Ephraim Gur, left Ichilov Hospital and told a Reuters reporter that he had seen Rabin, and that he was shot through the chest and abdomen.
None of the security or police personnel detected any sign that Rabin was hurt, a quite inexplicable fact when one considers that he was not merely hurt but supposedly shot in the lung and spleen by two hollowpoint 9 mm bullets.
www.parascope.com /articles/0397/rabin_01.htm   (2239 words)

  
 Cover-up Coming Apart (Emanuel A. Winston) December, 1999
Rabin's chances for re-election were at substantial risk and he was showing signs of disillusionment over Arafat's non-compliance with the Oslo agreements.
When Rabin was assassinated, all the previously built up anger against the Right for what Raviv, had done, as well as others in the employ of Labor and the GSS boiled over.
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, while spectacular and tragic in itself, was merely one event in a chain of events.
www.freeman.org /m_online/dec99/winston.htm   (2270 words)

  
 Yitzhak Rabin - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Yitzhak Rabin (or Yitschak Rabin) (יִצְחָק רַבִּין in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general.
Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993.
Rabin resigned from office after two crises hit him: the arrival of four F-15 jets on Shabbat led to the breaking up of his coalition; and the exposure of a US Dollar bank account held by his wife Leah Rabin, an act forbidden at that time by Israeli currency regulators.
www.unipedia.info /Yitzhak_Rabin.html   (956 words)

  
 Israel Remembers Slain P.M. Rabin - CBS News
Rabin Assassination: Hear excerpts from CBS Radio News' award-winning coverage of the killing of Israel's prime minister 10 years ago.
Rabin, who negotiated the historic Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians, was assassinated on Nov. 4, 1995, after a peace rally in Tel Aviv by Yigal Amir, an ultranationalist Jew who considered Rabin a traitor.
On Friday, Rabin's family and friends from his Labor Party gathered at his graveside in Jerusalem to light candles, lay wreaths and remember the man who paid with his life for negotiating Israel's first peace agreement with the Palestinians.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/11/04/world/main1011603.shtml   (968 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories
The gunman, who was caught alive and unharmed, and was seen to wave a gun in the crowd, was a Jewish Israeli student, Yigal Amir.
Yitzhak Rabin was often described as a "hawk turned dove" in the bitter and long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Police reports state that powder was found on Rabin's body and clothing, proving conclusively he had been shot at point blank range (powder travels only inches before dispersing).
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin_assassination_conspiracy_theories   (840 words)

  
 The Christian Science Monitor | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The left wing, which cheered Rabin's move to trade land for peace with the Palestinians, blamed the right for staging endless, hateful protests in which Rabin was called a traitor and compared to a Nazi.
After the assassination, it became known that Raviv was an agent provocateur paid by Shin Bet to incite and inform on ultranationalists.
To those who believe in Rabin's vision of peace, the only conspirators are the ultranationalist activists who created a climate of incitement, and right-wing rabbis who purportedly decreed Rabin a din rodef, an ancient Hebrew term for someone who is a danger and should be killed.
www.csmonitor.com /durable/1997/11/12/intl/intl.5.html   (689 words)

  
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Now that even Dalia Rabin is wondering about his role in the event, Kempler speaks out By Uriya Shavit Roni Kempler, the amateur photographer who filmed the Rabin assassination with a video camera lent to him by a friend, has another chilling videotape in his possession.
Kempler's videotape of the assassination was broadcast on December 19, 1995, after he had sold the rights to it to Channel Two News and Yedioth Ahronoth.
This silence only fueled the imaginations of the conspiracy theorists, spurring them to claim that Kempler had "been made to disappear from Israel." Though utterly untrue, this presumption made it easier for him to carry on with his normal life.
jnul.huji.ac.il /IA/ArchivedSites/Professors090204/www.professors.org.il/docs/991119-haa-roni-kempler-interview.txt   (3408 words)

  
 Israel conspiracy buffs buoyed by Rabin anniversary - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ten years after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was shot at a peace rally by an ultranationalist opposed to his talks with the Palestinians, the Jewish state is seeing a resurgent swirl of rumor and speculation about his death.
The number of Israelis who believe in Rabin conspiracy theories is still well short of the 70 percent or so of Americans who do not accept a lone gunman was behind the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
According to Israeli anthropologist Maoz Azaryahu, the bulk of support for Rabin conspiracy theories came from the political right, which felt itself blamed en masse for the assassination.
www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/11/03/israel_conspiracy_buffs_buoyed_by_rabin_anniversary?mode=PF   (596 words)

  
 The Conspiracy to Assassinate Yitzhak Rabin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Everyone who saw the "amateur" film of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin witnessed the alleged murderer Yigal Amir shoot the prime minister from a good five feet behind him.
Chief Lieutenant Glatstein testified that the gun which killed Rabin was shot first at a range of less than 25 centimeters, and then with the barrel placed on his skin.
Away all talk about "far-right conspiracy nut theories." The Forensics Laboratory of the Israeli Police concluded that Rabin was shot from less than 20 centimeters and at point blank range, no matter what Amir says.
www.parascope.com /articles/0397/rabin_04.htm   (985 words)

  
 israelinsider: Views: Rabin assassination conspiracy theories enter the mainstream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
I speak primarily about the Rabin assassination because Rabin himself still awaits justice, as does the half of the country which was falsely implicated
But to me Rabin is really just the key to opening the whole box of horrors that has been inflicted on Israel.
Last November, on the anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's murder, all three of Israel's big newspapers, as well as the television news, ignored the fact that much of the country no longer believes the government's version of the murder.
web.israelinsider.com /bin/en.jsp?enPage=ViewsPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l1587&enZone=Views&enVersion=0&   (1021 words)

  
 The Kempler Video: November 2005
Leah Rabin was standing on the steps nowhere near her husband when Amir shot the blanks and Damti stayed outside after the shot.
The Kempler video was used during the trial of convicted assassin Yigal Amir, the Shamgar Commision on the Yitzhak Rabin assassination and used for a brief period to convince the Israeli public that Yigal Amir did, in fact, commit the murder of Rabin.
Chamish is also a well-known lecturer concerning the Yitzhak Rabin murder conspiracy in which he shows his audiences a slow motion recap of the main scenes of the Kempler video.
kemplervideo.blogspot.com /2005_11_01_kemplervideo_archive.html   (6395 words)

  
 Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
Rabin murder conspiracy theories have grown in popularity recently, and a noted shift in Israeli public opinion is increasing pressure to question the accuracy of the official account of events surrounding Rabin’s murder.
David Rutstein filed a 250,000 shekel ($50,000) lawsuit against Shimon Peres for slander, saying he was "insulted by this statement," and declaring, “such methods were used by the Bolsheviks to silence their enemies.” Peres demanded, prior to the first hearing on March 3rd, 2006, that Judge Dalia Mark throw Rutstein’s slander case out of court.
The man who masterminded the cover up of those behind Rabin assassination is relying on another Israeli Judge to let him off the hook," said Rutstein.
israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=99810   (609 words)

  
 CBS News | Rabin's Bodyguard Calls for New Inquiry
Yitzhaki said in his first interview since the assassination that he took responsibility for the failure of Rabin's bodyguards to prevent the killing, including "the activity of the security guards who had been trained for years...
On Friday, Rabin's family and friends from his Labor Party gathered at his graveside to light candles and remember the man who paid with his life for negotiating Israel's first deal with the Palestinians.
The footage from a training exercise conducted a year before the assassination showed Rabin himself driving a burgundy van when two truckloads of "Palestinians" with assault rifles ambushed the vehicle.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/11/04/ap/world/mainD8DLMDC81.shtml   (573 words)

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