In the same week that Presidents Obama and Sarkozy accidentally “outed” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a liar in front of a crowd of senior French journalists, WikiLeaks released a diplomatic cable showing Netanyahu feared being held responsible for his role in inciting the 1995 assassination of left-wing Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Netanyahu had feared the immediate elections would mean political death for the right, which was viewed by many Israelis as partly culpable for Rabin’s death.

Israeli journalist Uri Averny, who was in contact with members of Rabin’s government at the time of his assassination, has the story below. — ARK