Word: yitzhak
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...from the context of their article that Danilewitz and Nelson are against the current Middle East peace process (which they place, perhaps derisively, in quotation marks). They castigate those of us who see promise in the peace process for our "naivete." Nevertheless, they claim that even we who support Yitzhak Rabin's peace initiative should join the authors in their condemnation of Arafat's Harvard visit...
...peace met the death of a soldier, his body torn by bullets. Perhaps there is no contradiction in the first part of the statement, only a paradox. We justify war by saying that it begets peace, that through death we bring life, and so on. By this logic, the Yitzhak Rabin who led Israel's army to triumph in the Six Day War shares everything but tactics with the Yitzhak Rabin who shook the hand of Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn. The warrior and the conciliator form two sides of the same soul, seeking one result...
...hatred had been clear for a long time now. The demonstrations had turned increasingly virulent as Yitzhak Rabin sought to push forward with the peace accord that would gradually end Israel's 30-year occupation of Palestinian lands. While Israel opened negotiations with former enemies in the Palestinian Liberation Organization, dialogue became increasingly strained along Israel's political spectrum...
...bell of Memorial Church tolled solemnly yesterday afternoon as more than 500 students, faculty and administrators paid tribute to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the steps of Widener Library...
...Yitzhak Rabin was murdered because he dared to pursue the dream of peace between the Arab and the Jew," said Martin Lebwohl '96, recalling the words spoken by Rabin at the White House after signing the historic peace treaty with the Palestinian Liberation Organization...