Word: martyrize
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...reportedly said he acted alone, although he has been linked to a tiny extremist group called Eyal, which fiercely rejects Rabin's participation in peace negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization. "I am very sad and very shocked," said P.L.O. leader Yasser Arafat. President Clinton, who called Rabin "a martyr for his nation's peace," will attend Monday's funeral. The Israeli Cabinet immediately named Foreign Minister Shimon Peres acting Prime Minister. A government spokesman vowed "to press ahead with the peace process...
...himself as an agent of "history." The young man's mania lay in this desire for greatness. Amir created a destiny for himself that would make him greater than Rabin. One brutal act would propel him out of obscurity. One brutal act would make him a hero or a martyr...
Choking up as he spoke of Rabin in the Rose Garden Saturday afternoon, a few yards from the spot where Rabin and Yasser Arafat signed their historic peace agreement in September, 1994, President Clinton said, "The world has lost one of its greatest men, a martyr for his nation's peace." To the Israeli people, Clinton said: "Just as America has stood by you in moments of triumph, so now we stand by you in this moment of grief. For half a century, Yitzhak Rabin risked his life to defend his country. Today, he gave his life to bring...
...leader of Islamic Jihad who succeeded assassinated leader Fathi Shiqaqi, told Reuters in Damascus, Syria: "I am not sorry for the killing of Rabin who is the world's number one terrorist. What if the world lost one of the criminals and killers? It is the blessing of the martyr leader Fathi Shiqaqi's blood...
...British created a martyr system in Ireland," Hill said, recalling an "intense period of horrific bombings carried out by individuals determined to remove the British from Ireland...