Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel (41 page)

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Amir tried to pass semen:
Eli Senyor, “Yigal Amir Attempts to Smuggle Semen,” YNet, March 9, 2006.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Rabin joined Palmach, one of the pre-state Jewish armed groups, as a teenager. Photo circa 1943.

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With his daughter, Dalia, in Britain, where he attended the Royal Staff College at Camberley, 1953.

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Rabin assumed command of the Israeli military at age forty-two. Pictured here on September 1, 1964.

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Rabin and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan at the Western Wall, June 7, 1967, after Israeli troops captured Jerusalem’s Old City from Jordan.

Ilan Bruner for the Israel Government Press Office

With his grandson in 1977, during his first term as prime minister. Rabin would say later that he lacked the political experience to serve effectively.

Sa’ar Ya’acov for the Israel Government Press Office

Rabin with George H. W. Bush in Kennebunkport, Maine, August 10, 1992. Bush’s decision to withhold loan guarantees from Israel’s previous government over settlement expansion helped Rabin get elected.

Sa’ar Ya’acov for the Israel Government Press Office

Rabin and Arafat at the Oslo Accord signing ceremony outside the White House, September 13, 1993. Their handshake prompted gasps and then cheers from spectators.

Avi Ohayon for the Israel Government Press Office

Returning from China, October 1993. The Oslo Accord a month earlier helped improve Israel’s diplomatic position around the globe. Seated across from Rabin are his chief of staff, Eitan Haber (right) and Mossad director Shabtai Shavit. Cabinet Secretary Elyakim Rubinstein is standing in the aisle.

Sa’ar Ya’acov for the Israel Government Press Office

With Jordan’s King Hussein, shortly after they signed the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty, October 26, 1994. “No doubt about it, Rabin and Hussein fell in love,” Haber would say.

Sa’ar Ya’acov for the Israel Government Press Office

Rabin and Arafat in Casablanca, Morocco, October 30, 1994. Their relationship was fraught at the outset but evolved into something workable.

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Arafat, Peres, and Rabin receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1994. To avoid slights, the chairman of the committee announced the winners alphabetically.

Sa’ar Ya’acov for the Israel Government Press Office