Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination and the Dilemmas of Commemoration

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Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassination and the Dilemmas of Commemoration SUNY series, Anthropology and Judaic Studies —————— Walter P. Zenner, editor Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassination and the Dilemmas of Commemoration VERED VINITZKY-SEROUSSI Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2009 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Eileen Meehan Marketing by Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vinitzky-Seroussi, Vered. Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination and the dilemmas of commemoration / Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi. p. cm. — (SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-2831-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922–1995—Assassination. 2. Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922–1995— Assassination—Public opinion. 3. Public opinion—Israel. 4. Memorialization— Israel. 5. Memory—Social aspects—Israel. I. Title. DS126.6.R32V56 2009 956.9405'4092—dc22 2008054535 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cover image: Miri Divish Back cover images courtesy of Yamiv Yur and the author. For Ofri vi Acknowledgments ...