Is a political assassination in Israel possible today? - opinion

Could a political assassination still occur in Israel today? Has the danger passed? Thirty years have gone by, full of fierce internal struggles, yet without an outbreak of extreme violence.

PEOPLE VISIT the memorial site for prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at the scene of his assassination in 1995, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on November 4, 2024.

(photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)

ByYEDIDIA STERN

OCTOBER 31, 2025 20:48

Is a political assassination in Israel possible today? - opinion

Could a political assassination still occur in Israel today? Has the danger passed? Thirty years have gone by, full of fierce internal struggles, yet without an outbreak of extreme violence.

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Is a political assassination in Israel possible today? - opinion

Could a political assassination still occur in Israel today? Has the danger passed? Thirty years have gone by, full of fierce internal struggles, yet without an outbreak of extreme violence.

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