Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel

Author: Dan Ephron

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-10-19

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0393242102

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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History and one of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of the Year. The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin remains the single most consequential event in Israel’s recent history, and one that fundamentally altered the trajectory for both Israel and the Palestinians. In Killing a King, Dan Ephron relates the parallel stories of Rabin and his stalker, Yigal Amir, over the two years leading up to the assassination, as one of them planned political deals he hoped would lead to peace, and the other plotted murder. "Carefully reported, clearly presented, concise and gripping," It stands as "a reminder that what happened on a Tel Aviv sidewalk 20 years ago is as important to understanding Israel as any of its wars" (Matti Friedman, The Washington Post).

The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

Author: Yoram Peri

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780804738354

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The assassination of Israel's prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, in November 1995 was a blow to the country's social body. In this book, 15 contributors from a range of disciplines—history, psychology, anthropology, political science, and cultural theory—survey the various reactions to the assassination and analyze its ramifications and repercussions.

Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin

Author: Itamar Rabinovich

Publisher: Jewish Lives

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300234633

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More than two decades have passed since prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination in 1995, yet he remains an unusually intriguing and admired modern leader. A native-born Israeli, Rabin became an inextricable part of his nation’s pre-state history and subsequent evolution. This revealing account of his life, character, and contributions draws not only on original research but also on the author’s recollections as one of Rabin’s closest aides.

Lies, Israel's Secret Service, and the Rabin Murder
Lies, Israel's Secret Service, and the Rabin Murder

Author: David Morrison

Publisher: Gefen Publishing House Ltd

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9789652292414

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The history of confessed lies from Israel's Secret Service and its impact on the continued cover up of Prime Minister Rabin's murder. 'Here we are blaming Yigal Amir, but it is not that simple. It's much deeper and more complicated.' Dalia Rabin-Philosof Olam Ha-Isha (Women's World), November 1999 'There is nothing sacred, not in the verdict, nor in the findings of investigation committeees.' Tom Segev Ha-aretz, October, 1999

Brother Against Brother
Brother Against Brother

Author: Ehud Sprinzak

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0684853442

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In this groundbreaking and controversial study of the rising tide of militancy in Israel, Ehud Sprinzak lays bare the historical roots of violence in Israeli domestic politics, examining the effects such militancy has had on the nation's civic culture. He traces the origins of the extremist thread to the era of the founding of the Jewish state, and shows how it has grown increasingly malignant in the past decade, culminating in the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER takes the reader through the critical turning points in Israeli political history and introduces us to the leaders whose careers were baptized by blood. Through his exploration of the disputes between David Ben-Gurion's Labour Movement and Menachem Begin's Irgun movement, Sprinzak argues that their legacy of conflict provided the inspiration for such agitators as Meir Kahane and the Orthodox radicals behind the Hebron massacre of 1994 and Rabin's assassination. Despite Sprinzak's disturbing accounts of violence, he remains optimistic that when peace between Israeli's and Arabs is reached and the great debate about borders of the nation is finally laid to rest, Israeli political violence will decline dramatically. BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER provides an incisive and extensively researched historical perspective on Israeli politics and opens a new chapter in our understanding of one of the world's most fascinating nations.

The Rabin Memoirs
The Rabin Memoirs

Author: Yitzhak Rabin

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 9780520207769

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The memoirs of the late Israeli prime minister cover his role in the war of Israeli independence

Murder in the Name of God
Murder in the Name of God

Author: Michael Karpin

Publisher: Metropolitan Books

Published: 1998-11-04

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780805057492

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The first book to tell the complete, explosive story of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. A dramatic tale of treachery and betrayal, Murder in the Name of God investigates and recreates the historic events of November 4, 1995. On that night a twenty-five-year-old student named Yigal Amir assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, an act that abruptly changed the course of Israeli politics. Based on exhaustive research, including an exclusive interview with the assassin, Murder in the Name of God is the first book to give the full story of the people whose words and actions made Rabin's assassination inevitable: the nationalist rabbis who condemned Rabin by invoking an arcane talmudic ruling; the militant settlers and right-wing politicians who launched a sophisticated campaign of incitement against him; and the security experts who saw what was coming but failed to act. In a series of shocking revelations, the book ranges beyond Israel to expose the extent of American support--financial and ideological--for the movement that produced Rabin's killer. Far more than the tale of an assassination, Murder in the Name of God is a powerful indictment of a society's failure to examine itself honestly and to bring its own worst enemies to justice.

Head of the Mossad
Head of the Mossad

Author: Shabtai Shavit

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess

Published: 2020-09-30

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0268108358

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Shabtai Shavit, director of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996, is one of the most influential leaders to shape the recent history of the State of Israel. In this exciting and engaging book, Shavit combines memoir with sober reflection to reveal what happened during the seven years he led what is widely recognized today as one of the most powerful and proficient intelligence agencies in the world. Shavit provides an inside account of his intelligence and geostrategic philosophy, the operations he directed, and anecdotes about his family, colleagues, and time spent in, among other places, the United States as a graduate student and at the CIA. Shavit’s tenure occurred during many crucial junctures in the history of the Middle East, including the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War era; the first Gulf War and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s navigation of the state and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) during the conflict; the peace agreement with Jordan, in which the Mossad played a central role; and the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Shavit offers a broad sweep of the integral importance of intelligence in these historical settings and reflects on the role that intelligence can and should play in Israel's future against Islamist terrorism and Iran’s eschatological vision. Head of the Mossad is a compelling guide to the reach of and limits facing intelligence practitioners, government officials, and activists throughout Israel and the Middle East. This is an essential book for everyone who cares for Israel’s security and future, and everyone who is interested in intelligence gathering and covert action.