Killing A King: The Assassination Of Yitzhak Rabin And The Remaking Of Israel - Plot & Excerpts
—HAGAI AMIR A vaporous chill hung over the city through the rest of the night. Leah sat with family members and close friends in the living room at Ravi Ashi until four in the morning, then took a sedative and fell asleep. Dalia and Noa climbed into bed alongside her. Peres worked until dawn, consulting with advisers and talking to President Clinton by phone. He retreated to his apartment around the corner from Rav Ashi for a short nap and then returned to work. At the spot where Amir had murdered Rabin, hundreds of Israelis kept a vigil, some holding candles and lounging on sleeping bags. When the sun came up, a Yedioth Ahronoth truck dropped a bundle of newspapers near the site with the headline: RABIN MURDERED; ISRAEL ACHES AND WEEPS. The morning brought a raft of questions for the new Israel: Would the peace process survive Rabin’s death? Could Peres step into the shoes of a man whose military background had underpinned his role as a peacemaker? And could the country ever bridge the chasm between its pragmatists and messianists—between the people who viewed Israel as a secular nation-state and those who saw it as the realization of biblical prophecy?
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