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Booing at Rabin rally highlights social divisions, debate over legacy

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Published: 6 November 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

After opposition figures warned against resurgence of animosity, Knesset speaker said the assassination had ‘no historical impact’, PM accuses leftists of muffling dissent

Knesset speaker: Rabin’s murder had ‘no historical impact’ (Times of Israel)
Edelstein criticised for remark after divisive Tel Aviv memorial rally for slain PM; minister slams ‘thuggish’ booing during his speech

Rabin memorial rally organisers don’t understand they're living in a divided country (Haaretz)
There was a disconnect between the sentiments of the crowd and the memorial's content, and the effort to portray a mood of reconciliation between left and right was indecent and pathetic

At Rabin rally, centre-left leaders rail against ‘politics of hate, incitement’ (Times of Israel)
Likud minister booed loudly during Rabin Square speech, as opposition figures warn animosity that led to killing all too present in 2018

Netanyahu slams Rabin memorial: 'Political gathering' of critics (Haaretz)
Netanyahu responds to critics at Rabin memorial saying, leftists are 'trying to silence whoever doesn't agree with them'

Photo: Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi speaking at the memorial (Tomer Applebaum)
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