i want to thank you my staff kim, danny isabelle and kenny. you guys were amazing. thank you. thanks so much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail to booktv it's c-span.org, tweet us @booktv or post on our wall, facebook.com/booktv. >> dan ephron, what happened on november 4 1995? >> guest: well, that was the day that the israeli prime minister was assassinated, and it was the first time an israeli leader was murdered. he was killed by a right-wing extremist, a jewish extremist, and it was a shock to the country, a trauma to the country, of course, because of the assassination itself, but i would say doubly because the assassin was a fellow israeli and a fellow jew. >> host: who was the prime minister? what was his -- what were his politics? >> guest: yeah. itself sakara bean i think he would describe himself as a lifelong military man. that was certainly his demeanor. he was the commander of the six-day war with israel captured the west bank in gaza and other territory, a pivotal m