While most Israelis miss Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 20 years ago for political reasons, an even larger proportion do not believe that the Oslo Accords, of which Rabin was the foremost champion, were justified. An Israel Hayom poll on Rabin and his legacy also found that the majority of Jewish Israelis classified themselves as either right-wing or right-leaning. Twenty-eight percent of respondents said they were right-wing and 24% said they were right-leaning. A further 26% characterized themselves as being in the center, while 11% were left-leaning and 7% were left-wing. An additional 4% declined to characterize themselves. But despite their right-wing views, most Israelis still honored Rabin's legacy and respected his efforts to strike peace with the Palestinians. Seventy-six percent agreed that Rabin was a respectable leader and 55%, crossing political lines, said they missed him. But when it came to the Oslo Accords, only a third thought that the process had been justified, while 42% felt that the accords were unwarranted. A relatively large number of respondents, 25%, did not have an opinion on the matter. Asked whether they supported the Oslo Accords at the time they were reached, 33% said yes and 38% said no. An overwhelming majority of those who were alive at the time of Rabin's murder -- 92% -- remember exactly where they were at the time. The answers to questions about the murder itself were not surprising: 71% said they believed beyond a shadow of a doubt that Yigal Amir murdered Rabin, while 18% had doubts. Among those who were sure Amir was the culprit, a significant proportion -- 40% -- believed that he did not act alone but was following instructions. Seventy-four percent agreed that the murderer should spend the rest of his life in prison, while 15% disagreed. The Israel Hayom poll was conducted among a representative sample of 504 Jewish Israelis over the age of 18.
Poll: Most Israelis miss Rabin but don't believe in Oslo process
Israel Hayom poll on legacy of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 20 years ago for political reasons, finds that most Jewish Israelis define themselves as right-wing or right-leaning • Rabin was a respectable leader, most respondents say.
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