Rabin Square

Revisiting JPost's coverage of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, 30 years later

The following is the full text of the article published on the front page of The Jerusalem Post on the morning of November 5, 1995, following the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

The Jerusalem Post's front cover on the Rabin assassination
Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995) making an address, July 1974.

On This Day: Israeli former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated 30 years ago

A RALLY marking 30 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin takes place at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. This year, Rabin Memorial Day has an even deeper and more painful meaning, states the writer.

30 years since the Rabin assassination: What kind of country does Israel want to be? - opinion

 One of Hava Raucher’s paintings, on display at the Artists’ House in Tel Aviv through the end of the week.

Hava Raucher’s fearless art tackles identity, gender, and cultural taboo


Hanegbi speech at Rabin rally drowned out by boos and vuvuzelas

Event organizers tried to break down political barriers but the crowd wasn’t having it.

Thousands gather in Rabin square to honor Yitzhak Rabin 23 years after he was killed.

Edelstein refuses to speak at Rabin rally

The Darkenu organization, which is organizing the rally responded by accusing Edlelstein of "preferring narrow political considerations" and twisting their intentions.

Yuli Edelstein

The Palestinian flag: Striking a nerve and possibly struck down

After Palestinian flags flown at protest in central Tel Aviv, Israeli parliamentarian moves to ban the controversial symbol from the public sphere.

Israeli Arabs and their supporters take part in a rally to protest against Jewish nation-state law in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel August 11, 2018

Let the counterrevolution begin!

A constitutional amendment that aimed to assert Israel’s Jewishness has stirred up a political hornets’ nest while seeking to offset the Jewish state’s judicial revolution

druze leaders in protest

Hundreds gather in Tel Aviv to protest Israel-Gaza cycle of violence

"We want a government and cabinet to bring us peace and quiet for 1000 years. Not agreements for two months, talks for a year or ceasefire for six months as it has been the last 17 years."

Protestors at Rabin square protest the status-quo in the south, August 18 2018

Netanyahu: Palestinian flags in Tel Aviv prove Nation-State Law necessity

“It is for precisely this that we passed the Nation-State Law. We are proud of our state, our flag and our national anthem. Israel is a Jewish and democratic state,” Netanyahu said.

Palestinian flags flutter at a protest against the Nation-State Law in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, August 11th, 2018

Despite segregation, Chabad event in Rabin Square goes on as scheduled

Protests started close to the beginning of the event.

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST the segregation of genders at a Chabad event in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, June 25, 2018

Court allows Chabad to hold event in Rabin Square separating men, women

Shas MK Michael Malkieli called the decision, “praiseworthy” adding “there is a limit to how much hypocrisy…that can be forced on us by secular coercion.”

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