Word: rabins
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During his inaugural address, the newly elected prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israelis must first achieve peace at home before continuing negotiations with their neighbors. Netanyahu was alluding to the deep divisions in Israeli society in the wake of the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin...
...recent election proved what many have surmised since the beginning of the "peace process" in Madrid three years ago. The Israelis are justifiably weary about giving up vital land areas since the first round of negotiations. What we never knew during the governments of Rabin and Peres was exactly how great the opposition was. The cloak of secrecy was tightened by the lack of any referendum to determine support for their policies. Rabin's senseless assassination might even have been averted if his cabinet had ever had the good sense to assess the true opinion of the average Israeli...
Plainly and simply, Rabin and Peres' peace process was doomed to failure from the outset because it was designed and implemented without the consent of their governed. Netanyahu's election was the litmus test for the process, and by all indications, the true mandate of the people has finally triumphed...
...election of Benjamin Netanyahu six weeks ago as Israel's new prime minister has discouraged some proponents of the ongoing Middle East peace process. Netanyahu has vowed to take a harder line than did his predecessors, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, on trusting the surrounding Arab nations on security and economic matters...
Your cover story, "the right way to Peace?," blithely suppresses the security concerns that motivated many Israelis to vote for Netanyahu when it says, "At issue was not peace vs. security." Peres, unlike Yitzhak Rabin or "Bibi" Netanyahu, lacked the military credentials that are essential for a leader in a country where every citizen serves in the army and may be called upon at any moment to defend the state. To say the only issue was one of "hope vs. fear," without addressing the candidates' military backgrounds, was to miss a crucial dimension of the election. At its heart...