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...remain unequivocally committed to making the dream of peace a reality and assert that Yitzhak Rabin did not die in vain. May we all see this dream realized speedily and in our day. May his memory be blessed. --Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Coordinating Council
...moral soldier and practical man, Yitzhak Rabin will be remembered as a fighter for peace who died for his efforts. His platform of Israeli reconciliation with its Palestinian neighbors led both to his election and his assassination. Rabin was the leader of a noble cause who attacked the most complex matters of international diplomacy with a bold vision and a determined character. We are sorry to have lost this fine...
...Rabin had always been a dedicated servant of the Israeli state. As a soldier, he first gained experience and fame during Israel's fight for independence in the 1940s; he later became the heroic leader of Israel's military successes against its hostile neighbors in the wake of the Six-Day War in 1967. But as a politician, Rabin became a staunch advocate of peace with the Palestinian people, eschewing violent conflict...
...alleged assassin been a Palestinian national, the peace process might have suffered more dire consequences. But Rabin--not just a Jew, but the first native-born prime minister of Israel--was shot by one of his own people. Though the prospects for peace have not been hurt as much, the killing of Rabin by a Jew will have lasting consequences...
...would like to think that we have reached a time when political assassinations have been supplanted by less rash means of resolving conflicts. Perhaps we might say, after witnessing the killings of Luis Donaldo Colosio and Yitzhak Rabin, that such incidents occur only in more volatile areas of the world than our own country. But even in the United States, where our own citizens also turned to murder for political ends in Oklahoma City, we are not immune. The anger we felt at Americans who killed Americans gives us a hint of what Israelis striving for peace feel today...