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Kempler video

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Film overlooking the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin The monument marking the site of the assassination: Ibn Gabirol Street between the Tel Aviv City Hall and Gan Ha'ir. Kempler filmed the assassination from the top of the roof on the right The Kempler video is a film made by Roni Kempler, an amateur photographer, who was present at the crime scene before and during the assassination of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. He was standing on the northeast side of the Tel Aviv City Hall and later on the roof of the "Gan Ha'ir" (City Park) mall overlooking the spot where Rabin was killed.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “film made by roni kempler while standing initially at the crime scene at the northeast side of the city hall of”. Today it says “film made by roni kempler”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “The video and its creator”. Read the current article and compare.
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film made by roni kempler while standing initially at the crime scene at the northeast side of the city hall of

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film made by roni kempler

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