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Israelis pay tribute to Rabin in memorial rally

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28-10-2012 | 04:27

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Thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday at the Tel Aviv square where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated to mark the 17th anniversary of the former prime minister's death and remember his call for peace.

Rabin was gunned down on Nov. 4, 1995 by a Jewish extremist who opposed his policy of trading land with the Palestinians for peace.

Rabin's government negotiated the first interim peace accord with the Palestinians in 1993. He won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.

Saturday night's rally at the square that bears Rabin's name has become an annual pilgrimage for many Israelis to pay tribute to the slain leader. Participants held candles and waved Israeli flags. Others carried aloft banners calling for protecting democracy.

Israel officially marks the anniversary Sunday, according to the Hebrew calendar.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the assassination of Rabin in 1995 was "one of the biggest crimes of the contemporary history" and stressed that the late warned of "the Iranian threat."

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