Herzog Warns Against Political Violence at Rabin Memorial Ceremony

President Isaac Herzog warned against political violence at a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem marking 31 years since former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. He said the assassin’s attack targeted both Rabin and the nation’s democratic decision-making. Herzog described the murder as an attempt to place a weapon above the public’s decisions and resolve disagreement through violence. He warned that tolerating or ignoring political violence endangers Israel’s existence as a Jewish, democratic and sovereign state, and urged Israelis to absorb the assassination’s lesson again.