A Mandate for Murder: A Senior GSS Officer Sheds Light on the Political Assassination That Shook the Middle East

The story of one of the most shocking political assassinations of the modern age, told for the first time through the intelligence reports that predated – and predicted – the violence to come.On November 4, 1995, decades of fierce political conflict culminated in the violent assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.As the shock subsided and a nation mourned, hard questions began to surface – questions like how could this happen? Why? And perhaps most importantly – could it have been prevented?