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

The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by Orthodox Jew Yigal Amir remains the single most consequential event in the countrys recent history. Killing a King relates the parallel stories of Rabin and Amir over the two years leading up to the assassination, as one of them plotted political deals he hoped would lead to peace and the other plotted murder. This deeply researched narrative is based on a trove of documents from the era and interviews with all of the key players, including members of the assassins family. Only through the prism of the murder is it possible to understand Israel today, from the paralysis in peace-making to the fraught relationship between Netanyahu and Obama.