Word: jerusalem
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...Pray for the peace of Jerusalem," enjoined the Psalmist. As the murdered Yitzhak Rabin is laid to rest in Jerusalem's Mt. Herzl, one cannot help but think now more than ever...
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel is buried today in the hills of Jerusalem. He was born in Jerusalem and he fought there twice, securing its peace and that of Israel. As he is lowered into the hard and hallowed earth, an Israeli flag draped over his pine-wood casket, Rabin is not alone. A part of the state is buried with...
Finally, if nothing else scuttles the talks, there is the status of Sarajevo--considered by Holbrooke to be "the Jerusalem [the most intractable problem] of the Bosnian situation." Muslims want an undivided city to serve as the capital of both Bosnia and the Muslim-Croat federation. Serbs want to divide it into ethnic sections, possibly separated by Berlin-style walls...
Despite the obvious threat to Israeli personalities and installations abroad, adds Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer, security for top officials in Israel itself is remarkably casual. "When Yitzhak Shamir was prime minister before Rabin, he used to take a morning walk around Jerusalem accompanied by just one security guard. Shortly after he left office, I ran into him on the street in Tel Aviv, walking with a companion like any ordinary citizen. Visitors to the prime minister's office have to pass through a metal detector, but once inside they are asked casually, 'Do you have a weapon?' Apparently...
...communication with PLO leader Yasser Arafat, seeking a way to make peace, an effort that would bear fruit 19 years later. After serving as Israel's defense minister from 1984 to 1990, Rabin was reelected Prime Minister in 1992. "There are no good wars," Rabin wrote in his memoirs. Jerusalem Bureau Chief Lisa Beyer reports: "One of Rabin's main jobs during the 1948 war was to help break the Arab blockade of Jerusalem and to keep the road to Tel Aviv open and safe for Israeli convoys. For this purpose, the Harel brigade was formed, with Rabin...