"There was wild incitement": Rachel, may she rest in peace, on the murder of her brother Yitzhak Rabin, may he rest in peace
Rachel Rabin-Yaakov, sister of Yitzhak Rabin, has passed away. In a 2015 interview with Maariv, she claimed that the wild incitement preceding her brother's murder was not addressed, and that she felt his blood was shed with impunity. She criticized the security guards' performance on the night of the murder and the lack of lessons learned.
Rachel Rabin-Yaakov, the sister of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, passed away yesterday (Friday). In a 2015 interview with Maariv, she returned to the night of the murder at Kings of Israel Square and claimed that the public incitement preceding it was not properly addressed. "I felt that Yitzhak's blood was shed with impunity," she said, referring to the chants of "traitor and murderer" and "with blood and fire we will expel Rabin" heard at protests. She sharply criticized the security guards' performance, who she said did not shoot the shooter after the first bullet. Rabin-Yaakov described her brother as an introverted and shy child, and noted that the murderer's path prevailed and the peace process was cut short. She called for finding other solutions and setting boundaries through dialogue with the other side. The interview also includes a reference to her relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, about whom she said: "Apart from peace, there is no conversation."