After the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin Sonia was the prime minister's wife for the second and final time in her life. This time, too, she refrained from appearing in the prime minister's office, and most of the office's staff did not even recognize her face. During the elections to the Fourteenth Knesset and of the Prime Minister, she did not take any active role in her husband's election campaign, nor did she attend the debate between Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu, which was one of the highlights of the election. In contrast, hours before the election results were published, family members and close friends gathered at Peres' house, where she hosted them.