Yitzhak Rabin

Israel’s election is being cast as a historic showdown - but four trends tell a different story

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: From rivalries within political blocs to polls that shape voter choices and coalition red lines, four trends reveal the challenges facing Israel’s next government.

|ByHERB KEINON
‘Politicians should leave room for compromise before the election, rather than making absolute promises they may have to abandon afterward for the good of the country.’ Will the challenge of building Israel’s next coalition government fall to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Gadi Eisenkot?
Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections.

Peace absent from Israel's 2026 elections as West Bank tensions continue to rise -analysis

More than three years of war have reshaped the country, but few candidates are offering a vision for relations with the Palestinians, let alone a path toward resolving the conflict. 

|ByRUTH EGLASH/JTA
Israeli President Issac Herzog at a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of former Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin's assassination, at the president's residence in Jerusalem on November 3, 2025.

WATCH: President Herzog hosts ceremony commemorating 31 years since Rabin's assassination

At 3 p.m., Herzog is scheduled to deliver remarks at the state memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin and his wife, Leah, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

|BySHIR PERETS
In April 2004, about nine years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, an emotional official ceremony took place in the heart of Berlin to commemorate Israel’s fifth prime minister. Yitzhak-Rabin-Straße.

Showing some respect: Places around the world named after famous Israelis

At a time when the word "Israel" evokes controversy and extreme hostility in many places, it is moving to recall eras and locations where Israelis were actually a source of admiration.

|ByEYAL SHAPIRA

Smotrich draws criticism for blaming security forces for Rabin assassination

Smotrich claimed that security forces "encouraged" Yigal Amir to murder the prime minister with "irresponsible manipulations."

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE, ELIAV BREUER
Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the plenium hall during memorial ceremony marking 27 years since the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022

Large turnout at Israel's Rabin memorial as guests criticize incitement

This year, in a departure from the norm, none of the members of the Rabin family were among the speakers, although many of them were present.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israeli president Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal at a memorial service marking 27 years since the assasination of late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022.

Only a 'matter of time' until next assassination in Israel - Gantz

Defense Minister Benny Gantz went off script and lashed out at the Right's conduct during the Israeli election campaign.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaksduring memorial ceremony marking the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022.

'Happy Rabin murder day' sign hung on Israeli highway

A sign saying "Happy Rabin murder day" was hung on Sunday on a bridge near Netanya, as Israel commemorates the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, November 7, 2019

Grapevine November 6, 2022: Pride before the fall

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
YITZHAK RABIN

Israel remembers Rabin as Netanyahu prepares to retake control

A number of MKs addressed the fact that this year's memorial will be held as Ben Gvir prepares to enter the new government.

NOVEMBER 5, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Israelis attend a memorial ceremony for late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, organized by the Labour party, at Zion Square in Jerusalem October 29, 2022.

On This Day in 1995: Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by Jewish extremist Yigal Amir

Rabin, a former prime minister, IDF chief of staff and Israeli war hero, was assassinated during a pro-Oslo Accords rally in Tel Aviv.

NOVEMBER 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, November 7, 2019

Yitzhak Rabin: Israeli security realist or idealist peacemaker? - opinion

Rabin’s assassination at the hands of an ultra-right Jewish fanatic, occurring immediately following a Tel Aviv peace rally, begat the image of the slain prime minster as a martyr for peace.

NOVEMBER 3, 2022ByMARK REGEV
YOUNGSTERS MARK the loss of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on the third anniversary of his death in 1998 at the site of his assassination in Tel Aviv.

Grapevine November 2, 2022: Back to the balcony

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 2, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
CHIEF RABBI of Ukraine Moshe Reuven Azman with Nir Kimhi (center) and MK Nir Barkat.

Israel elections: Politicians enter final preparations as voting day nears

Labor on Saturday night held a rally in memory of former Labor leader and prime minister Yizhak Rabin, who was assassinated on November 4, 1995.

OCTOBER 29, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
A NEARLY-EMPTY Knesset plenum debates the dispersal of parliament, in June. In the upcoming election, be a strategic and principled voter, not a tactical and cynical one, says the writer.