Yitzhak Rabin

Allison Kaplan Sommer has an article on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. This seems to be a rather significant event in Israel, perhaps even more significant than the Kennedy assassination in the U.S. due to the continual relevance of the issues for which he became a martyr. I do remember when Rabin died...I was watching something on television and it came on as breaking news, but admit that for me it wasn't a life-changing event. I did know a couple of people who got up to watch the funeral, however.

UPDATE: Imshin's thoughts aren't too shabby either.