Word: rabin
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...respectful and pursue peace. I was not taught to hate or to destroy, and when a former member of the yeshiva was blown up by terrorists in Jerusalem, our rabbis did not tell us to go out and stage a revenge attack. And when Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, may his memory be a blessing, was killed by a so-called religious Jew, a so called Orthodox Jew, the rabbis in my yeshiva all talked about how they could not sleep at night for shame. Neither could I, and neither could hundreds of thousands of Orthodox Jews throughout the world...
...dangerous notions are quickly emerging. First is the insistence of the Likud government on practically re-negotiating the Oslo Accords--an agreement that was signed by the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, not on behalf of his Labor Party, but on behalf of the Israeli government. Such de facto renegation of signed treaties projects an image of Israel as a country which lacks credibility. Second is the idea that at the end of the 20th century, territorial claims can be made based on ancient religious texts. Imagine the havoc that would wreck Europe, or for that matter most...
Referring to the status of the peace negotiations, Sadat said Rabin and her father had not died in vain but had instead left a lasting impact on the process...
...Rabin and my father left me and Dalia with a great legacy, but they were fathers for every child who will be born in safety and without war," she said. "Their souls did not die; they are with those of us who continue to work for peace," she added...
...Rabin was assassinated just over one year...