Word: rabins
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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...
...Rabin was shot to death by a Jewish settler on Saturday shortly after addressing a mass peace rally attended by 100,000 people in The King's Square in Tel Aviv. ``"For 27 years, I was a military man. I fought all the time. There was no chance for peace. I believe that now there is a chance for peace and we must take advantage of it," Rabin said, as the huge crowd applauded. "I have always believed that most of the people want peace and are ready to take a risk for it." As Rabin walked toward...
...Rabin was a special symbol for us," Israeli author David Grossman told TIME's Sam Allis. "He was our mythological Sabra. He symbolized a certain uniqueness in the Israeli people. This was murdered today. He was very simple, very straight-forward. His Hebrew was rough. He was a man of action, not of words. That was his charm in the eyes of Israel. He expressed exactly what he thought." Grossman predicted in September that there would be bloodshed between the Israeli government and right-wing extremists, Allis recalls, citing the Israelis who called Rabin "murderer" and "a traitor...
...like you, are people who want to build a home, to plant a tree, to love, live side by side with you-in dignity, in empathy, as human beings, as free men," Prime Minister Rabin told Palestinians in 1994 as he signed the peace accord with Yasser Arafat in Washington. A reticent, tough-minded leader, Rabin was known as the principal force behind Israel's historic peace agreement with the Palestinians. The Army chief of staff who led the Israeli forces to a remarkable victory in the 1967 Six Day War, Rabin later served as Ambassador to the United States...
Scott MacLeod reports that this statement from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was broadcast on Egyptian television shortly after the death was announced: "Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (has been assassinated) by bullets of treachery at the hands of extremists hostile to peace. He was a man who gave to the peace process his ample energies and thought for the sake of achieving security and peace for the people of Israel and of the region after wars and bloody struggle. Egypt condemns this criminal act and asserts that achieving a just and comprehensive peace is a mission that only brave...