Story highlights Rabin's comments come just a day after he penned an op-ed for USA Today

"The politicians have to exercise some restraint," Rabin said on CNN

Washington (CNN) The son of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Tuesday his father was killed during a time in Israel that he describes as similar to the political climate in the United States and he urged restraint from Donald Trump and other candidates because "words do kill."

"I saw the progression of things through the US campaign, the latest campaign, and saw the analogies and eventually I felt that I cannot stay silent any longer," Yuval Rabin told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day." "The atmosphere is toxic."

Rabin said he thinks debates during election season are "legitimate," but he cautioned that "words do kill."

"The politicians have to exercise some restraint and know where the line must not be crossed," Rabin said.

Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995 in Tel Aviv by an extremist.

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