Word: yitzhak
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...commits murder should be relaxing in Florida a little over a year later. Certainly, the student who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Saturday will be far from any golf course this time next year, and suspected terrorist Timothy McVeigh won't be lying on a beach Punishment for criminals who are so obviously guilty should be swift. It is inexcusable that Simpson has not been humbled...
...Pray for the peace of Jerusalem," enjoined the Psalmist. As the murdered Yitzhak Rabin is laid to rest in Jerusalem's Mt. Herzl, one cannot help but think now more than ever...
...Yitzhak Rabin is laid to rest, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, King Hussein of Jordan and President Clinton will be among the many heads of state who will honor the memory of the fallen Israeli soldier and statesman. Their decision to attend betrays not only a respect for Rabin the man, but a deep-seated belief that the peace he envisioned ought not be allowed to vanish...
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...
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...