In a statement commemorating the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon equated the brutal murder of Jews by Palestinian terrorists with the construction of homes for Jewish families on disputed territories. According to the November 3, 2015 statement:
"Rabin was ... murdered by an opponent of the peace process just when it was at a moment of historic breakthrough. In the years since, terrorism, expanding settlements and halting progress in implementing Israeli-Palestinian agreements have repeatedly shattered hopes."