Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel (45 page)

casket of, 190, 191

Chevrolet Caprice provided for, 144–45, 155, 171, 177

Clinton’s relationship with, 25–26, 120–21, 131, 160, 206

correspondence of, 10, 106–7, 165

death curse pronounced against, 162–63

death of, 178–80, 182, 185–86, 243

as defense minister, 60, 120, 127, 205

dress shirt worn by, 237–52

drivers for, 171, 175–76

election campaigns of, 17, 206

English spoken by, 110

eulogies for, 181, 185, 190, 191

eye infection of, 3

family of, 11–12, 18, 28, 34, 132

funeral of, 188–92, 193, 243

Gaza-Jericho agreement approved by, 89, 92, 96–97, 101, 112

as
gingi
(“redhead”), 28

gravesite of, 191, 208–9

Hebrew spoken by, 30

Hebron massacre and policies of, 59–83

Hussein’s meetings with, 92–93, 113, 191

interviews of, 31, 111, 156

Jerusalem banquet attended by, 147

as Labor Party leader, 9, 15–17, 18, 24, 64–65, 68, 69, 80, 81, 166, 170, 248

leadership of, 12–13, 109–10

Likud opposition to, 32, 46, 69, 90, 95–97, 143, 163–64, 166, 167, 188, 192

in London, 130

media coverage of, 14–15, 16, 17, 18, 23–24, 31, 34, 52, 111, 116–20, 123, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130–31, 144, 146, 153–54, 155, 156, 163

memoir of, 16–17, 68

military career of, 8, 45, 60, 74–75, 120, 127, 145, 174, 187–88

in Morocco, 32

mourning period for, 193, 208–9, 215

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

opinion polls for, 166, 248

peace process and policies of, 7–32, 73–74, 128–31, 160–61, 165–75, 187–88, 209, 237–38, 243–44

Peres’s relationship with, 9, 10–11, 14–18, 71, 124–25, 130, 132, 170, 173–74, 205

personal attacks on, 3, 47, 49, 52–53, 76, 95–97, 142–46, 153, 160–66, 178, 191–93, 199–200

personality of, 12, 23, 28, 143, 144–46

physical appearance of, 7–8, 28, 29

police protection for, 168–75, 181–84, 195–96, 199–204, 209–10, 214–18, 221, 246

as politician, 12

in Portugal, 59

press conferences of, 127, 128

as prime minister, 4, 12, 16, 25–26, 45, 50, 59–83, 92–93, 165–75, 178–79, 184–85, 187–88, 248

protests against, 51–54, 71–72, 133, 143, 145, 152, 160–66, 178

public support for, xii, 11, 24, 32, 71, 129–30, 248

religious opposition to, 75–79, 94–107, 160–66

resignation of, 16

as
sabra
(native-born Israeli), 15

secret talks of, 11–12, 18, 22–24, 28, 45–46

secular views of, 9, 89, 142–43, 191

security arrangements for, 93–94, 136–37, 142–46, 147, 151–54, 165–75, 248

settler opposition to, 59–83, 89, 94–95, 97, 106–7, 111–12, 135–36, 141, 153, 154, 160–62, 165, 193

smoking by, 3, 16, 19, 109, 185, 250

in South Korea, 132

in Spain, 59

speeches of, 11, 25, 81, 160, 170–71, 174

Tel Aviv apartment of (Rav Ashi neighborhood), 3–4, 7–8, 10, 11–12, 17–18, 50–57, 60, 125–26, 132, 151, 152–53, 156, 168, 170–71, 178, 187, 193, 209

at Tel Aviv peace rally, xi–xii, 3–4, 165–75

tennis played by, 3, 152

traitor accusation against, 49, 53, 76, 93–94, 97, 142–46, 153, 199–200

in two-track talks, 129–30

UN General Assembly addressed by, 167

as U.S. ambassador, 15

U.S. bank account of, 16

Wachsman abduction policy of, 109–28, 130

at White House signing ceremonies, 7–32, 34, 45, 55, 73–74, 105, 147

at Wingate Institute, 165, 166

at Yad Vashem memorial, 81, 133–34, 137–39, 141, 148–49, 202

Rabin, Yitzhak, assassination of:

accomplices in, 196, 199–204

ammunition used in, 146, 171–72, 178, 181, 183, 184, 237–54

Arafat’s reaction to, 188, 193–94

arrests in, 181–84, 200

author’s investigation of, 237–54

autopsy in, 185–86

Beretta used in, 171–72, 175, 181, 238, 243, 251–52

bodyguards in, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174–75, 194–95, 203, 209, 216–18, 229, 239

bulletproof vest in, 173, 178, 255

Cadillac armored car in, 171, 172–73, 175–76, 177, 194

Clinton’s reaction to, 180–81, 187, 188, 190–91, 225

conspiracy theories about, 198–99, 203–4, 216–18, 230, 237–54, 257

Dalia Rabin-Pelossof and, 177, 178, 179, 237–54

driver in, 175–76

evidence in, 183–84, 196, 200, 237–54

extremist groups as responsible for, 179, 181, 188, 239

forensics of, 185–86, 237–54

Hagai Amir’s involvement in, 171–72, 182–83, 187, 214–15, 217, 221–22, 230

hollow point bullets used in, 172, 178, 185, 248

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

international reaction to, 188–92

interrogations in, xi, 181–83, 195–202, 214–15

“It’s not real” comment in, 175, 177, 216–18, 230, 239

Kempler video of, 217, 229

in Kings of Israel Square, xi, 3, 165–75, 183, 189, 209, 242

Leah Rabin and, 173, 174–75, 177, 178, 179, 180, 187, 189–90, 193, 209, 228, 234

media coverage of, xi, 177, 179–80, 183, 184, 195–96, 198–99, 201–2, 203, 214, 217, 242–43, 255

murder charge in, 182

Palestinian reaction to, 188

peace process and, 187–88, 191, 204–8, 211–14, 249

peace rally as occasion for, xi–xii, 3–4, 159, 165–75, 180, 183, 189, 191, 237, 242–43

Peres and, 173–74, 178, 184–85, 187–88, 191, 194, 204–5, 213–14, 220, 227–28, 233–34, 248

photos of, 246

police investigation of, 181–84, 195–96, 199–204, 209–10, 214–18, 221, 246

police protection in, 171, 173, 175, 176, 181–82

political impact of, 213–14, 219, 227–28, 233–34

public reaction to, 179–80, 187, 188–92, 203, 213–14, 220, 233–34

rabbinic views on, 214–16

Rabin’s death in, 178–80, 182, 185–86, 243

Rabin wounded in, 175, 176, 185–86, 209, 229, 238

reenactment of, 195–96, 209–10

security lapse in, 165–75, 189, 202–4, 209–10, 218–19, 238–39

settler reaction to, 203

Shabak intelligence and, 169–74, 182–84, 194–95, 202–4, 216–19, 229–30, 239

Shabak investigation of, 182–84, 194–95, 209–10, 216–18

Shamgar Commission report on, 194, 195, 217, 229–30

trials in, 196, 214–15, 221

U.S. reaction to, 177, 180, 190–91

vigils after, 187, 193

witnesses in, 175–77, 239

Yigal Amir as perpetrator of, 179–84, 193, 195–96, 209–10, 214–16, 228–29, 240

Yigal Amir’s confession in, 195–96

Yigal Amir’s reaction to, xi–xiii, 181–82, 195–96, 209–10, 217

Yigal Amir’s trial for, 221, 228–29, 230, 237

Rabin, Yuval, 11, 28, 168, 179, 191

Rabinovich, Itamar, 190, 206, 208, 213, 230

Rabin-Pelossof, Dalia, 11, 12, 18, 28, 34, 128, 168, 177, 178, 179, 187, 190, 237–54

Rabin Square, 209

Raise Ravens,
7

Ramadan, 61

Ramallah, 44, 52, 105, 223

Ramle, 114

Ramon, Haim, 226, 228

Ramot, 115–16, 119–21, 126

Raviv, Avishai (“Champagne”), 47–48, 52, 54, 86, 101, 137, 139–41, 148, 150, 154–57, 161, 163, 171, 202–4, 216, 229–30

Reagan, Ronald, 169, 191, 248

Rebecca, 61

“reclamation” projects, 42

Reuters, 110, 116–17, 242–43

Revolt, The
(Begin), 45

Romania, 52–53

Ronen, Yohanan, 182

Ron Hotel, 163

Rosenbloom, Shmuel, 133, 138–39

Rosh Hashanah, 31–32, 33, 34, 252

Ross, Dennis, 79–80, 207

Rothschild, Danny, 22

Rubin, Yoram, 170, 171, 174–75, 194, 209, 229

Sabbath, 13–14, 53, 54, 56, 65, 111, 126, 167–68, 171, 200

Sabra and Shatila massacre (1982), 143

Sadat, Anwar, 208

Safed, 162–63

safe houses, 114–15, 119, 123–28

St. Catherine monastery, 98

Saladin, 61

Saleh, Mohammed, 116

Samaria, 41–43, 44, 47, 63, 77, 89, 105, 215

Sarah, 61

Saudi Arabia, 26–27

Savir, Uri, 23, 212

Savoy Hotel, 22

Sayeret Matkal, 62, 123–28, 227

Schiff, Ze’ev, 24

Schoen, Douglas, 226–28

Schwartz, Arik, 41, 216

Schweitzer, Ariel, 50

“seam zones,” 169, 204

Sebastia, 16

second intifada, 244

Secret Service, U.S., 27, 144, 191

Sejersted, Francis, 125

Seleucid Empire, 45

Shaath, Nabil, 30, 113

Shabak (General Security Service), 44, 60–66, 104, 118–23, 125, 131, 134–57, 163, 169–74, 182–84, 194–95, 202–4, 209–10, 216–19, 222, 223–25, 229–30, 239

Shabtai Shavit, 13

Shalom, haver
(“Goodbye, friend”), 181, 190, 225

Shamgar, Meir, 91, 194, 195, 217, 229–30

Shamir, Yitzhak, 69

Shapira, Avraham, 77, 265
n

Shaqaqi, Fathi, 167

Sharabi, Yechezkel, 145

Sharm el-Sheikh, 226

Sharon, Ariel, 50, 143

Shas Party, 46

Shavei Shomron, 40, 41–45, 156, 167–68, 198

Sheves, Shimon, 12, 13, 24, 26, 132, 179, 208

Shiffer, Shimon, 14, 129

Shilo, Daniel, 106–7, 265
n

Shirion, Israel, 41–42, 43

shiva, 193

shofars, 192

Shulchan Aruch
(Code of Jewish Law), 201

Shultz, George, 191

Simcha Torah, 252

Sinai, 74, 97–99

Six-Day War, 8, 12, 36, 43, 45, 47, 61, 68, 69, 98, 127, 131, 145

Skolnick, Yoram, 80

Skornik, Ohad, 100–101, 103, 104, 138, 141, 156, 167, 199

skullcaps, 86, 141, 172, 182, 192–93

smolanim,
139–40

“Song for Peace, A,” 174, 191

South Africa, 112–13

Soviet Union, 19, 93, 227

Spain, 59

Special Forces, Israeli, 231

“special procedures,” 122–23

Sprinzak, Ehud, 77

State Department, U.S., 31

“sterile zones,” 169, 173

Stern, Yedidia, 193

Stockholm, 208

Students for Security, 47, 49, 53

sujud,
61–62

synagogues, 134, 171

Syria, 26, 34, 69, 93, 131, 204, 206–7, 212–13, 218, 220

TA-25 stock index, 93

Taba, 55–56, 153

Tal, Yerah, 24

tallits, 4

Talmud, 36, 37, 48, 94–107, 157

Tamimi, Taysir, 82

Tarkumiya, 136

Tawil, Suha, 28, 132

Tehiya Party, 140

Tel Aviv, 3, 20–21, 100, 130, 136, 149, 165–75, 183, 189, 209, 224, 242

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, 59, 93

Tel Rumeida, 66, 72–75, 78, 148

Temple of Solomon, 43, 44, 48, 198

Ten Commandments, 98

Terem, Pinchas, 176

Teumim, Moshe, 226

Thatcher, Margaret, 72

Tibi, Ahmed, 121

Today,
14

Torah, 5, 35–36, 37, 40, 43, 77, 85, 136

torture, 122–23

Toyota, 20

Triangle, 64

Trimbobler, Larissa, 256–57

Truman, Harry S., 25

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

United Nations, 116, 167, 231

Uzi machine guns, 102

Vanity Fair,
96

Vatican, 50

Vichy France, 49, 76, 143

“victims of peace,” 223

Vietnam War, 124

Wachsman, Esther, 115–16, 117, 119–21, 126, 127–28

Wachsman, Nachshon, 109–28, 130, 145

Wachsman, Yehuda, 120, 126, 128

Waldman, Eliezer, 63, 68, 161–62

Wallach, Aliza, 9–10

War of Independence (1948), 8, 21

Warsaw Ghetto uprising (1943), 81

Washington Post,
120

Weil, Gabriel, 37

Weinroth, Jacob, 199

Weizman, Ezer, 155

West Bank:

abductions in, 109–28, 130

Arafat’s government in, 65–66

autonomy of, 8–9, 22, 30, 65–66, 75–77, 89, 111–12, 142, 160, 165, 207–8, 231–32, 233

checkpoints in, 82

closures of, 21, 66–67, 224–25

curfews in, 66–67

“green line” in, 68, 73, 89

Hamas militia in, 109–28, 130

Israeli occupation of, 5, 8, 30–31, 38, 91–92, 93

Israeli withdrawal from, 55–56, 69–79, 102, 142, 145–48, 157, 160–61, 205, 213, 214, 218, 220, 231–32, 233, 243

Jewish settlements in, 11, 16, 39, 40, 41–45, 56, 59–83, 86, 91–92, 102, 105, 111–12, 120, 137, 154, 218, 244–45, 254

police force of, 76

protests in, 63–64, 73

road network in, 112

settler removals from, 66, 72–77, 142, 147–48

terrorist attacks in, 46, 59–83, 86

Western Wall, 68, 122

West Jerusalem, 89, 114–15, 120, 121, 228

Winchester Silvertip hollow-point bullets, 248, 251

Wingate Institute, 165, 166

Wye River Conference Center, 213

Yad Vashem (Holocaust Memorial), 81, 133–34, 137–39, 141, 148–49, 202

Yairi, Dalia, 21–22, 29, 30

Yairi, Uzi, 22

Yamam, 123–24, 125

Yarmur, Jihad, 116–17, 121–22, 124, 126

Yassin, Ahmed, 115, 118, 119

Yatom, Danny, 13, 21, 60, 61, 66, 109, 123, 125, 127, 171, 178

Yavin, Haim, 180, 235

Yazbek, Fawzi, 116

Yedioth Ahronoth,
14, 32, 56, 78, 159, 166, 180, 187

yediot halon
(“under-the-window tales”), 150

Yehud, 88

Yemen, 35

YESHA Council, 55–56, 69, 70, 71, 72, 78, 90, 97, 140, 147–48, 153, 160–61, 192–93

yeshivas, 35, 36–37, 39, 43, 93, 95, 105–7, 214–15

Yiddish language, 96

Yisraeli, Shaul, 77

Yitzhak Rabin Center, 240, 242, 253–54

Yom Hashoah Ve’hagvura, 81

Yom Kippur, 162

Yom Kippur War, 15–16, 34

Zahala, 177–78

Ze’evi, Rehavam, 35, 52

Zeira, Eli, 34

Zimri, 142

Zionism, 38–39, 42, 43, 47, 68

Zion Square, 163–65

Zo Artzeinu, 153

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