Word: rabins
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...Muslims as they knelt in prayer. The assailant was then beaten to adeath. Israeli authorities said some 40 Palestinians died; a score more were killed by the army and more than 250 wounded in widespread rioting that followed throughout the occupied territories and in Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin vowed that the incident would not derail the peace process. Insisting that the rampage was the work of a lone "lunatic" -- though some victims say more than one gunman was involved -- Rabin phoned P.L.O. chairman Yasser Arafat with an apology: "I am ashamed as an Israeli that such a horrible...
...ramifications of the Hebron massacre may not be quite what was anticipated. Arafat spoke with justifiable outrage and a hint of reluctance to continue negotiating, but he kept his options open. Yitzhak Rabin made a point of sounding genuinely horrified when he called Goldstein "deranged," and he extended uncharacteristically warm offerings to the Palestinians while imposing unheard-of measures against the settlers. Bill Clinton, with unusual decisiveness, made merit out of mayhem and invited both parties to resume their talks in Washington immediately. The Hebron rampage may end up achieving the opposite of what Goldstein intended: speeding up the Israeli...
...Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, speaking before the Knesset...
Supporters of Israel and the peace process join with Prime Minister Rabin in unequivocally condemning yesterday's act of senseless violence in Hebron...
Israeli Prime Minister yitzhak rabin is in no hurry to finalize negotiations with the Palestinians. That's because he wants a Syrian deal first, says one of Rabin's Cabinet ministers. Rabin has told his inner Cabinet that the U.S. is working to create a loose alliance of countries in the Middle East to counterbalance Iran and Iraq. Thus, normalized relations between Israel and Syria are of primary importance. Says the source: "Rabin will give the entire Golan Heights back to the Syrians. As difficult as it is, he's made up his mind...