Word: yitzhak
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...members of the Society of Arab Students would like to express their deep regret for the loss of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. We hope that the peace process which he helped initiate will not be impeded by this tragic incident, and we hope that his legacy will be one of peace and not of war. --Muna Sukhnan President, Harvard Radcliffe Society of Arab Students
...loss of Yitzhak Rabin is a tragedy for the Jewish people and the world. He was surely a great statesman, but his vision and commitment to peace will mark him as one of the great leaders of the century. He devoted his life to the creation and survival of the Jewish state and to the welfare of the Jewish people. As a young man, he defended Jerusalem in the 1948 War of Independence and later commanded the Israeli armed forces to victory in the 1967 war. In war and in peacetime, he held his principles dear and ultimately paid...
...said, "The world has lost one of its greatest men, a martyr for his nation's peace." To the Israeli people, Clinton said: "Just as America has stood by you in moments of triumph, so now we stand by you in this moment of grief. For half a century, Yitzhak Rabin risked his life to defend his country. Today, he gave his life to bring it a lasting peace. His last act, his last words, were in defense of that peace he did so much to create. Peace must be and peace will be Prime Minister Rabin's lasting legacy...
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...
...found in the third row from the front, where Fidel Castro (fifth from right), in a business suit rather than his customary fatigues, loomed over Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic to his right. In the fifth row, Yasser Arafat (just below the "50" banner) was placed near Yitzhak Rabin of Israel--Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, on Arafat's left, separated them. To Rabin's right was Tomiichi Murayama, the Prime Minister of Japan. Nelson Mandela (second row, second from left) wore dark glasses. One of the tiniest countries in the world, San Marino, was represented by two Presidents, Pier...