Security Breakdown Clouds Rabin Killing in Israel
The Shin Bet failed to stop the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin as a young law student, Yigal Amir, used a 9mm Beretta. Investigators question why guards mistook him for a VIP driver and why Rabin did not wear a bulletproof vest amid right wing threats and public protests.
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Rabin Funeral Echoes Peace and Grief Across Israel
World leaders mourn Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin after his assassination while crowds, families, and officers honor his peace legacy. Shimon Peres, Hosni Mubarak, and Rabin's aide Eitan Haber speak of unity, memory, and continuing the peace process as one million citizens file past the coffin. The killer, Yigal Amir, admits the act, claiming to halt the peace effort, as Israel confronts a national shock.
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