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Nov 2020
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The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

Bbc World Service
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On November 4th 1995 the Israeli rock star Aviv Geffen sang at a peace rally in Tel Aviv alongside Israel's leader Yitzhak Rabin. Moments later the Prime Minister was shot. Aviv Geffen spoke to Louise Hidalgo about that night, and its effect on his life.

This programme was first broadcast in 2010.

Photo: Yitzhak Rabin in 1993. Credit: Getty Images.

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