Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel (43 page)

Sinai Desert visited by, 97–99

skullcap worn by, 172, 182

in solitary confinement, 234–35

in student protests, 88–90, 133–34, 141–43, 161–62, 199

suicide as viewed by, 141, 146, 155, 181

synagogue attended by, 134, 171

in Tel Aviv, 37, 50–57, 91

trial of, 221, 228–29, 230, 237

tzitziot
worn by, 36

vidui
(confessional prayer) recited by, 134, 149, 202

watch lost by, 182

at wedding banquet, 50–51, 147, 155, 167

West Bank visited by, 89–90

at Yad Vashem, 133–34, 137–39, 141, 148–49, 202

as Yemeni (Teimani) Jew, 35, 88, 100, 150, 151, 173

yeshivas attended by, 36–37, 39, 43

as Zionist, 38–39, 42, 43, 47

at Zion Square protest, 163–65

Amman, 70

Andrews Air Force Base, 24–25, 27, 31

anti-Semitism, 3, 49, 76, 81, 143, 163, 192

apartheid, 31

Aqaba, 131

Arab Affairs Department (Shabak), 135–36, 145, 151–52

Arabic language, 119, 135

Arabs, 19, 28, 32, 34, 45, 59, 61, 92–93, 96–97, 113, 118, 160, 180, 190, 212–13, 226, 231–32

Arafat, Yasser:

advisers of, 30, 34, 80, 112, 121, 128, 193

in Cairo, 89

correspondence of, 10

English spoken by, 110

as Fatah head, 115, 118–19, 124

Gaza headquarters of, 59, 65–66, 92, 95, 101, 109–28, 130

gun carried by, 27–28

Hamas opposition to, 109–28, 130

intelligence services of, 118–19, 121, 128

Israeli settlements opposed by, 73–74, 111–12

in Johannesburg, 112–13

kaffiyeh worn by, 3, 28, 47, 193

leadership of, 8, 9, 13, 59–60, 65–66, 110–11, 116, 225

Leah Rabin visited by, 193–94

media coverage of, 27, 28, 225

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to, 118, 124–25, 131–32, 133

as Palestinian Authority leader, 59–60, 110–11, 116

peace process and policies of, 73–74, 128–30, 193–94

physical appearance of, 27, 29

as PLO chief, 8, 9, 13

Rabin’s assassination as viewed by, 188, 193–94

Rabin’s relationship with, xii–xiii, 10, 25–32, 46, 47, 59–60, 105, 109–13, 128–29, 134, 160, 193–94

speeches of, 112–13

traditional greeting used by, 25, 26–27

in Tunis, 28, 46, 59–60, 64, 73, 79–80, 92

in two-track talks, 129–30

uniform worn by, 27–28

U.S. relations with, 79–80

at White House signing ceremonies, 13, 18, 25–32, 73–74, 160, 161

Aramaic language, 191

Ariel College, 44, 54–55, 156

Arizona Republic,
240

Artzeinu, Zo, 97

Ashdod, 82

Ashkelon, 20, 223–24

Assad, Hafez al-, 93, 206, 208, 212–13, 220

astrology, 90, 201

Atala, Ahmad, 20–21

Auschwitz concentration camp, 133

Aviner, Shlomo, 104–5

Ayalon, Ami, 146, 222–25

Ayoubi, Efraim, 63

Ayyash, Yahya, 131, 138, 218–19, 222, 223, 224

Bagatz, 111

Bandar bin Sultan, 26–27

Barak, Ehud, 66, 117, 123, 125, 127, 204, 205–6, 226, 228, 252–53

Baram, Uzi, 70, 205–6, 214, 234

Barbash, Gabriel, 178, 179

Bar-Ilan University, 44, 46–57, 71–72, 85–88, 99, 100–105, 133–34, 137, 148–49, 161, 167, 172, 179, 181, 193, 199, 209, 216

Barnea, Nahum, 14, 23, 30, 56, 129, 180, 205, 209, 223

Barnea, Yonatan, 223

Baruch the Man,
184

Bar-Yosef, Aryeh, 192

Bayit VeGan, 147

b’dukaim
(“people who warrant scrutiny”), 135

Bedouins, 98–99

Begin, Menachem, 45, 74, 208, 226–27

Beilin, Yossi, 18, 23, 30, 31, 72, 129, 130, 134, 204–8, 236

Beilin-Abu Mazen agreement, 204–8, 236

Beinish, Dorit, 122

Beirut, 117

Beit El, 52, 100, 101, 104–5, 183

Beit Hadassah, 75

Beit Hanina, 71, 122

Beit Lahiya, 218

Beit Lid, 138

Ben-Eliezer, Binyamin, 164

Ben-Gurion, David, 15, 74, 227

Ben-Gurion Airport, 114, 237, 241

Ben-Gvir, Itamar, 164

Ben-Haroush, Yoram, 195

Bennett, Naftali, 231, 272
n

Ben-Yaakov, Uriel, 184, 196

Ben-Yair, Michael, 75, 78

Bible, 5, 39, 47, 61, 73, 94, 142, 184

Bin-Nun, Yoel, 59, 69–70, 71, 77–78, 106–7, 165, 215, 216

Bir Nabala, 115–16, 121–28, 130

blasting gelatin, 55

Blue Room, 28–29

Bnei Brak, 35, 54

bris ceremony, 23

British Mandate, 45, 206

Bronfman, Edgar, 52

B’Tselem, 111

Bucci, Anthony, 242

Bush, George H. W., 25–26, 27, 28, 190

Bus number 18 attack, 222–23

Cairo, 89

Camp David Accords (1978), 208

capital punishment, 229

Carefree, Ariz, 242, 245–46

Carmi, Yehiel, 21

Carter, Jimmy, 26, 28, 190

Casablanca, 32

Cave of the Patriarchs, 59–83, 91, 101, 105, 106, 136, 141, 154, 156, 161, 219, 222

Ceau
escu, Nicolae, 52

Center Party, 253

chametz
(bread products), 147

Channel One, 144, 155, 180, 203, 235

Channel Two, 234

Christianity, 61

Christopher, Warren, 7, 12–13, 29, 213, 220

circumcision, 23, 257

Clinton, Bill, 12–13, 25–26, 120–21, 131, 144, 160, 180–81, 187, 188, 190–91, 206–7, 225–26

CNN, 20

Cohen, Nir, 176

Communism, 52–53

concentration camps, 50, 133

Council of the Chief Rabbinate, 78

Crime and Punishment
(Dostoyevsky), 222

Criminal Identification Bureau (Mazap), 241

Crocodile Dundee II,
177

Crusaders, 61

Dahlan, Mohammed, 118–19

Damti, Menachem, 164, 171, 175–76

Dayan, Dani, 140

Day of the Jackal, The
(Forsyth), 93–94, 184

Defense Ministry, Israeli, 122–23, 124, 225

de Gaulle, Charles, 93–94

Democratic Party, U.S., 26, 226

Department of Homeland Security, U.S., 242

Dignitary Protection Unit, 144–46, 151–53, 169, 175, 189, 194–95, 217–18

din moser
(“law of the informer”), 95, 104–5, 195, 201, 215–16

din rodef
(“law of the pursuer”), 94–107, 135, 138, 149, 157, 182, 195, 202–3, 215–16

Dirani, Mustafa, 125

dithio-oxamine (DTO), 250

Dizengoff Center, 224

Djerejian, Edward, 27

Dome of the Rock, 44, 64, 103–4, 136

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 222

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story,
116

Dromi, Uri, 72

Druckman, Haim, 63

East Jerusalem, 89, 111–13, 116, 121–22, 123, 228

Egypt, 12, 29, 34, 74, 92–93, 97–99, 113, 226

Egypt-Israeli peace treaty (1979), 29, 74, 92–93, 98

Eilat, 98, 116, 131

Eini, Giora, 14–15, 17–18

Eiran, Amos, 75

Elon, Binyamin, 39

Elon family, 100

Elon Moreh, 111–12

Entebbe rescue mission (1976), 17, 95–96, 117, 123, 227

Ephron the Hittite, 61

Erez, 116

Escort Unit, 151

esev shoteh
(“stray weed”), 68

Eskin, Avigdor, 73, 162–63

exit polls, 235

Eyal, 140–41, 154–55

Ezer, Avinoam, 39

Ezra, Gideon, 121, 123, 145–46

Fantik, Yitzhak, 136

Fatah, 115, 118–19, 124

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 62, 240

Feiglin, Moshe, 97, 244

Finkelstein, Arthur, 228

first intifada, 8, 37, 55, 113, 116

Fogel, Eran, 51

Ford, Gerald R., 31

Forsyth, Frederick, 93–94, 184

France, 49, 74, 76, 93–94, 143

Frank, Hila, 148–49, 150, 201–2

freier
(“sucker”), 96

Friedman, Jean, 166

Friedman, Thomas L., 235

Gabon, 45

Galil assault rifles, 38

Gamliel, Ofer, 216–18, 230

Gan Ha’Oranim, 50

Gaza:

autonomy of, 8–9, 22, 30, 111–12, 113, 116, 160, 165, 231–32

checkpoints in, 82

closures of, 21, 66–67, 224

curfews in, 66–67

Hamas militia in, 110–11, 118–19, 125

Israeli occupation of, 5, 8, 30–31, 33, 37–38, 41, 51–52, 63, 72–79, 91–92, 93, 116, 118–19

Israeli withdrawal from, 55–56, 69–79, 89, 145–46, 157, 160–61, 213, 220, 231–32, 233, 243

Jewish settlements in, 39, 56, 105

Palestinian headquarters in, 59, 65–66, 92, 95, 101, 109–28, 130

settler withdrawals from, 76–77, 101–4

terrorist attacks in, 33, 51–52, 82

Gaza City, 116–17

Gazit, Yoav, 49–50, 209

Geffen, Aviv, 173

Genesis, Book of, 61

Germany, 144

Gershon, Yuval, 181

ghettos, 143

Gillon, Carmi (“Kaf”), 119, 122–23, 125–26, 128, 144–46, 153–54, 155, 169, 189, 202, 218, 222, 229

Gingrich, Newt, 191

Glaser, Shai, 170, 173, 174, 175, 194

Golan Heights, 77, 206–7, 208, 212

Golani Brigade, 37–38, 114

Golden Girls, The,
80

Golding, William, 222

Goldstein, Baruch, 59–83, 85–86, 91–92, 101, 105, 106, 135, 141, 148, 154, 156, 162, 184, 201, 214, 219, 222

Goldstein, Dov, 17

Gopstein, Benzion, 140

Gore, Al, 26

guerrillas, 22

Gur, Mordechai “Motta,” 69, 70

Gush Etzion Bloc, 42

Gutman, Mordechai, 176–79

Haag, Lucien, 240–52

Ha’aretz,
24, 153

Haber, Eitan , 10–11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 25, 28, 31, 72, 79, 109, 112, 113, 117, 124, 167, 177–78, 181, 191, 208, 228, 229

Haetzni, Elyakim, 76–77, 86

HaHadash, 37

Haifa, 144

Halakhic (Jewish legal) ruling, 106–7, 138

Halevy, Shlomi, 149–50, 152, 153, 201, 202

Hamas, 33, 46, 51–52, 60, 63, 66, 71, 72, 80–81, 82, 109–31, 134, 138, 142, 166, 168, 188, 218–19, 222, 223, 226, 228, 256

Hampel, Amit, 48, 50, 172

Haredi yeshivas, 35, 36–37, 39, 93, 95, 105–7, 214–15

Harel, Israel, 70, 192, 194

Harnoy, Shlomo, 152–53

Harris, Thomas A., 222

Harry Potter series, 222

Har-Shefi, Margalit, 100–101, 104–5, 138, 141, 161, 165, 183, 199–200, 203, 216, 221, 230

Hassan II, King of Morocco, 32

HaYishuv, 37

Hebrew language, 29, 30, 38, 94–95, 96, 115, 119, 123, 146, 180, 181, 190, 217, 256

Hebrew University, 47, 149, 165

Hebron, 42, 218

Hebron massacre (1994), 59–83, 85–86, 91–92, 101, 105, 106, 136, 141, 154, 156, 159–60, 162, 184, 201, 214, 219, 222

Henkin, Tali, 168

Herod the Great, 61

Herzliya, 34–36, 41, 43, 50, 54, 55, 90, 100, 134, 141, 146, 147, 148, 167–68, 171–72, 179, 182–83, 196, 201, 254–55

Hezbollah, 85, 230–31

High Priest, 142

Highway Two, 56–57

Hirschfeld, Yair, 23, 130

Hiss, Yehuda, 185–86

Hitler, Adolf, 143

hollow-point bullets, 43–44, 146, 172, 178, 185, 248

Holocaust, 50, 62–63, 81, 133–34, 144

Holocaust Memorial Day, 81, 191

Holst, Johan Jørgen, 10

Holtzman, Nava, 53, 87–88, 97–99, 133–34, 139, 141

Honda, 20

Hope, Bob, 245

housing projects, 69, 111–12

hunger strikes, 133

Hussein, King of Jordan, 45, 70, 92–93, 113, 191

Ibrahimi Mosque, 59–83

Ichilov Hospital, 175–80, 185–86, 238, 243, 246, 250–52

I’m OK—You’re OK
(Harris), 222

Indyk, Martin, 25, 27, 160, 177, 188, 207

intifadas, 8, 37, 55, 113, 116, 244

Iraq, 19

Irgun Zvai Leumi, 45, 74

Isaac, 61

Islam, 61, 70, 111, 112–13, 119, 120

Islamic fundamentalism, 111, 112–13

Islamic Jihad, 46, 110, 138, 167, 171, 188

Israel:

anti-Arab sentiment in, 35, 38, 47, 59–83, 103–4, 135, 161–62, 255–56

Arab citizens of, 64, 163–64, 231, 254

Arab relations of, 19, 28, 32, 34, 45, 59, 61, 92–93, 96–97, 113, 118, 160, 180, 190, 212–13, 226, 231–32

biblical territory of, 9, 47, 188, 254

borders of, 131, 207, 230–31

civil rights in, 122–23, 192–93

constitutional law (
konstee
) in, 48

democracy in, 68, 165, 166, 174, 192, 211, 213, 253–54

economy of, 20, 33–34, 93

education in, 46–47, 69

elections in, 204, 206, 207, 208, 220, 222, 231–36, 252

Eretz (Greater), 45, 231–32

ethnicity in, 87–88

exit taxes in, 93

extremist groups in, 47–50, 52, 62–63, 69–74, 95–96, 105–7, 134–37, 150, 170, 174, 191–93, 228, 244–45

gross domestic product (GDP) of, 93

gun permits in, 43, 135, 137

High Court of Justice (Supreme Court) of, 75, 91, 111, 194, 256–57

identity cards in, 116

immigration to, 15, 88, 93, 100, 227

independence of, 8, 15, 45, 74, 87

international law and, 42–43, 91–92

as Jewish homeland, 15, 134, 163–64, 172, 188, 211, 229

Knesset of, 46, 48, 50, 98, 131, 162, 163–64, 165, 189, 208, 214, 244, 253