The mid-1990s in Israel were tumultuous. The rapid pace of events, from suicide bombings to the Oslo accords, meant a tectonic shift was underway. Photojournalists and visual artists were capturing and recording the events, processing them and the changes they meant for Israeli society in real time. On November 4, 1995, after months of protests, civil unrest, and public rituals yearning for his death, a domestic terrorist assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. This lecture observes how that moment and its national aftermath were portrayed by photographers, documentarians and the media, observing how they tried to process the unthinkable and understand its meanings for Israeli society. We will also discuss the relationship between Israel’s photographic histories and how documentary perspectives were and are vital for Israel's national imaginary.