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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin assassinated

On November 4, 1996, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir tried and given a life sentence for the murder.



Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.



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