This biography opens at the drama of the night peace rally in Israel, where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a young, Jewish las student. Then the book begins a flashback to Rabin's Russian-Jewish parents. There are vivid descriptions of his boyhood years in Tel Aviv, his military career, and his romance with his future wife, Leah. The transition from a military man to a politician was not an easy one for this shy man. But his ambassadorship to Washington, D.C., and his role as prime minister, prepared him for peace negotiations with Palestinian leader, Chairman Arafat. His risk for peace assured his place in history. Many American leaders were devastated by his assassination and mourned his loss.

An insider’s perspective on the life and influence of Israel’s first native-born prime minister, his bold peace initiatives, and his tragic assassination 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. An awkward politician who became a statesman, a soldier who became a peacemaker, Rabin is best remembered for his valiant efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for the Oslo Accords. Itamar Rabinovich provides extraordinary new insights into Rabin’s relationships with powerful leaders including Bill Clinton, Jordan’s King Hussein, and Henry Kissinger, his desire for an Israeli-Syrian peace plan, and the political developments that shaped his tenure. The author also assesses the repercussions of Rabin’s murder: Netanyahu’s ensuing election and the rise of Israel’s radical right wing.

A political and analytical biography, this book examines Yizhak Rabin's longtime leadership of the military and his political direction of the Jewish state, as well as his efforts to secure a peace with Egypt and with the Palestinians.

Examines how Israeli society has commemorated Yitzhak Rabin.

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).

This biography traces Rabin's impact on modern Israel and examines his dual career - as the soldier and Chief of Staff who oversaw Israel's victory in the Six Day War and as the statesman who set it on the road to peace.

Chamish has carefully reviewed both the official government position on the Rabin assassination and collected a huge amount of information connected to the event and carefully cross checked it. The Israeli government's official position, supported by a special government commission, is that a lone gunman, Amir, assassinated Rabin. Now learn the truth behind Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin's assassination. Read about ballistics reports and an amateur film of the assassination which was doctored to hide the truth, but helps reveal it. Conflicting testimonies by over a dozen witnesses, including trained police personnel and bodyguards, is presented on how many shots were fired, and where exactly the shots came from; cries that the bullets fired by Amir were blanks, hence harmless, came from these police and bodyguards. There was little attempt to contain the shooter, Amir, before or after the shots were fired; the chain of evidence to the guns and the bullets that reportedly killed Rabin is broken. Rabin's wife was taken to secret service headquarters rather than to the hospital to her husband. Autopsy reports that first indicated the fatal wound was to Rabin's chest were later changed so the bullets came from the back where Amir, the convicted murderer, was standing. The strong possibility is that the fatal shot was administered in the car going to the hospital or in the hospital. Read testimonies that changed over time from the event to the trial of Amir. Chamish reviews the evidence relating to all these details, and more, surrounding the assassination. A far more sinister truth than the official version unfolds. This newly expanded edition reveals the conclusive evidence that dramaticallychanges one's views of the assassination.