1977 Israeli legislative election election saw the beginning of a period lasting almost two decades where the left- and right-wing blocs held roughly equal numbers of seats in the Knesset. Voter turnout was 79.2%. The Alignment was re-elected in December 1973, following the Yom Kippur War, but continued in-fighting and investigation into Israel's preparedness led to the resignations of Prime Minister Golda Meir and Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan the following April. This led to a power struggle between former Chief of Staff and Ambassador to the United States Yitzhak Rabin and Transportation minister Shimon Peres. Rabin was elected by the party by a
Rabin, the Last Day Rabin, the Last Day Rabin, the Last Day is a 2015 Israeli-French docudrama political thriller film directed by Amos Gitai. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. The film depicts the events surrounding the final days and assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. "Rabin, the Last Day" has a score of 61% on Metacritic. "The Playlist" gave the film a grade of B+, describing it as "deeply absorbing and intelligent". "The Hollywood Reporter" wrote that the film "benefits from fine technical work throughout, from Eric Gautier's sober cinematography to a