Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel

By Dan Ephron

Categories: History

Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel (2015) is a book by journalist Dan Ephron. Ephron tells the parallel stories of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his assassin, Yigal Amir, in the years before the 1995 killing. He shows how the murder reshaped Israeli politics, weakened the peace process and left a lasting divide over land and security.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “This week's book of the week is "Killing a King: the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel" by Dan Ephron. One of the great and real what ifs of history is this. What if Israel's prime minister Yitzhak Rabin had not been assassinated in 1995? A decorated war hero, Rabin seemed determined to make peace with the Palestinians and forge a two-state solution. In this fast paced well written book, Ephron takes us through that fascinating crucial moment in Middle Eastern history.”