Rabin Square and the City Hall

Rabin Square which is named after the late assassinated Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin, is a large square in central Tel Aviv. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1240x929, 267 KB) Summary Rabin Square and the City Hall in view to the north Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1240x929, 267 KB) Summary Rabin Square and the City Hall in view to the north Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free... Site of the rally before the assassination: Rabin Square and Tel Aviv City Hall during the day. ... The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ... For other people named Rabin, see Rabin (disambiguation). ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...

Surrounded by the City Hall Building to the north, (designed by the architect Menachem Cohen), Ibn Gabirol street to the east, Frischman Street to the south and Chen Boulevard to the west, it was designed alongside to the City Hall in 1964 by the architects Yaski and Alexandroni. Solomon Ibn Gabirol, also Solomon ben Judah, is a Spanish Jewish poet and philosopher. ... Hayyim Nahman Bialik (January 9, 1873–July 4, 1934), also commonly written as Chaim or Haim Nachman Bialik and in the Hebrew language as חיים נחמן ביאליק, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. ...

It is the largest open public square in the city, and is typically used for large rallies, demonstrations, open-air art exhibitions, independence-day celebrations and similar public celebrations. Until the early 1990s, it also served as a public exhibition ground for IDF field units (mostly tanks and heavy artillery), during the day of independence. Yom Haatzmaut (Hebrew: yom hā-‘aá¹£mā’ūṯ), Israeli Independence Day, commemorates the declaration of independence of Israel in 1948. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ×”×’× ×” לישראל  , [Army] Force for the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated with the Hebrew acronym צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels military forces, comprising the Israeli Army, the Israeli Air Force and the Israeli Navy. ...

The Rabin memorial. The inscription says: "At this place Yitzhak Rabin was murdered in the struggle for Peace. The largest graffiti says "(we are) sorry"

The square is known for holding many political rallies, among them the peace rally on 1995-04-11, at the conclusion of which the Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated. On the days following the event, thousands of Israelis gathered on the site to commemorate Rabin; the young people who came to mourn Rabin were dubbed "The Candles Youth" (Hebrew: נוער הנרות, noar hanerot) after the many Yahrzeit candles they lit. Some of the graffiti they drew upon the nearby walls was preserved. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (929x686, 308 KB) Summary Hebrew Wikipedia For more information, please see: http://he. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (929x686, 308 KB) Summary Hebrew Wikipedia For more information, please see: http://he. ... A man carries a sign at the September 24, 2005 anti-war protest, a demonstration in Washington, D.C. American Civil Rights March on Washington, leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... Yahrzeit or Yohr Tzeit, means Time (of) Year in Yiddish. ... A collection of lit candles on ornate candlesticks A close-up image of a candle showing the wick and the various regions of the flame. ... For other uses, see Graffiti (disambiguation). ...

Today, after having its name changed in memory of Rabin, a memorial can be found on the site where Rabin was assassinated. (On the northeast corner of the square, below the City Hall). Among that is a small, open legacy wall for the man.

Near the north end of the square, is a memorial sculpture designed by the Israeli artist Yigal Tumarkin commemorating the Holocaust. Yigal Tumarkin (born in Dresden, Germany in 1933) is an Israeli painter and sculptor, and winner of the Israel Prize in 2004. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

In recent years much criticism has been heard about the Square's appearance, and especially about the City Hall Building. What was considered in the 1960s to be one of the city's biggest and most impressive architectural designs, is considered by most today to be one of the city's worst eyesores. Some plans have been made (most of which have even been approved) to renovate the whole square and the City Hall Building. The Plans include renovating the City Hall Building and giving it a more modern look to fit in with the many new modern sky-scrapers in Tel Aviv, and to build a big underground parking complex underneath the square - a much needed addition to the neighborhood which suffers from a dire lack of parking spots. Some opposition has been heard to the renovation plans, claiming that the design of the square and City Hall Building is part of Tel Aviv's history and should be preserved. This opposition has delayed the beginning of the renovation works. Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...