Funeral of Yitzhak Rabin

Title

Funeral of Yitzhak Rabin

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech; Tribute; Special

TX Date

6 Nov 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:15:54

Description

Paul Chapman reports on the funeral of Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, following his assassination at a pro-peace rally in Tel Aviv (04/11/95). Includes excerpts from the funeral service in Jerusalem; tributes from King Hussein of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal); US President Bill Clinton; Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak; UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali; Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (via interpreter); statement by PLO chairman Yasser Arafat; interview with Barry Atwan (Abd al-Bari Atwan), editor-in-chief of the Israeli Arab newspaper Al-Kudz. Female reporter in studio not identified.

Contributors

Yasser Arafat; Shimon Peres; Bill Clinton; Paul Chapman; Boutros Boutros-Ghali; Hosni Mubarak; Hussein bin Talal; King Hussein of Jordan; Barry Atwan

Keywords

Deaths; Israel; Homicide; Prime ministers; Funerals; Heads of state; Jerusalem; Yitzhak Rabin; State funerals

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