This month we chose to mark the Israeli remembrance day of Yitzhak Rabin who was assassinated by Yigal Amir on November 4th 1995.
Rabin - the Chief of staff of the IDF, a Kneset member, the defense minister, party leader, diplomat, Prime Minister of Israel, Family person, and a Man of peace.
19 years have passed.
We are the first generation born after the murder . We do not have the remembrance of where we were when Rabin was murdered and do not have the deep emotional connection our parents have. Still; as young adults we went every year to a rally held at the square where Rabin was murdered- Yitzhak Rabin square in Tel Aviv. It is an event featuring thousands of people from all over the country who come to share painful national memory. Past and present members of the Government of Israel and many Israeli musicians come to take part in the event.
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| Memorial observance, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv |
The purpose of carrying the memory of what happened on November 4th 1995 is to condemn any kind of violence within our community while remembering a dramatic breaking point in the history of the state of Israel and also a dramatic moment in the history of modern Jewish life.
One Jew, who lived in a democratic country and did not agree with the opinion of another Jew, chose the path of violence in an attempt to shape the future of a society.
We, as Emissaries of Israel in your community, in the USA, see the importance to remember this event, not just because a political leader was murdered, but because his murder was in complete contrast to what the democratic, Jewish state stands for
Watch Bill Clinton say the Kadish at Rabin's funeral
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