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


Puccini’s Madama Butterfly soars at HaYarkon Park

A 20-year annual tradition of Opera in the Park reached a high point, with this year’s deeply performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

 MADAM BUTTERFLY at HaYarkon Park.

Papi Pizza: Eco-aware pizza in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv - review

Established during the COVID lockdown, Papi Pizza was set up by a few friends who wanted to provide customers with great product, great service, fast delivery and innovative technology.

 Papi Pizza

Rabin memorial day is less nasty than it was in the past - analysis

Today's government carries a different message: It is possible to differ ideologically, and still be able to work constructively with one another. 

 Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin laughs together with fellow member of the political Labour party Micha Goldman at a party meeting in Tel Aviv.

French immigrants knit large Israeli flag in honor of COVID victims

Behind the entire initiative was Deborah Fesber, an immigrant from France who lives in Tel Aviv.

French immigrants knit large Israeli flag in honor of COVID victims

Israelis protest for release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

"All the symptoms that he had before, they remain the same. Numbness in the arms and legs, back pain - they aren't going away... The situation is only getting worse," Alexei Liptser told Reuters.

Israelis protest for the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, April 21, 2021.

The clock is ticking and the country is sinking, new Rabin Square statue

The message of the installment to Israeli citizens is that they must go and vote before it's too late.

Hourglass with a Star of David in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square

Anti-Netanyahu activist leader arrested on week 22 of nationwide protests

The Crime Minister movement responded in a statement, saying "Business as usual in the Jerusalem police who continue to abuse protesters and hunt down protest leaders."

Socially distanced anti-Netanyahu protesters gather at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, 21.11,2020.

Yitzhak Rabin memorial renewed in honor of 25th anniversary of his death

Renewal to include graffiti preserved from the time of the murder • the target audience for these tours are children and teens

Scenes from Yitzhak Rabin memorial - November 4, 2016

Yitzhak Rabin memorial canceled, activists plan rally at Rabin Square

The rally will be held on the 25th anniversary of the assassination – Wednesday, November 4, 2020.

President Reuven Rivlin pays his respects to former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at the latter's memorial ceremony.

1,019 empty chairs express coronavirus deaths in Israel

The Standing Together movement organized the display with "one chair for each person the government was supposed to protect, but abandoned."

Rows of empty chairs representing those who have died due to the coronavirus, September 2020

TLV protesters criticize gov't, wear ministers masks and drink champagne

The background of the exhibition included a plank with the names of the Israelis who've died as a result of the coronavirus, the number of which has recently surpassed 1,000.

The Darkenu exhibition at Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, September 6, 2020.