Yitzhak Rabin
1922-1995
Halina
Birenbaum: Shalom Chaver…
The
Last Speech:
TESTAMENT:
SHALOM
4. 11.1995
Allow me to say, I am also moved. I want to thank each
and every one of you who stood up here against violence and for peace. This government which I have the privilege to lead,
together with my friend Shimon Peres, decided to give peace a chance. A peace that will solve most of the problems of the State of
Israel. I was a military man for twenty-seven years. I fought as long as
there were no prospects for peace. Today I believe that
there are prospects for peace, great prospects. We must take advantage of it for
the sake of those standing here, and for the sake of those who do not stand
here. And they are many among our people.
I have always believed that the majority of the people
want peace, and are prepared to take risks for peace.
And you here, by showing up at this rally, prove it,
along with the many who did not make it here, that the people truly want peace and oppose violence. Violence is undermining the very
foundations of Israeli democracy. It must be condemned, denounced, and
isolated. This is not the way of the state of
Controversies may arise in a democracy, but the
decision must be reached through democratic elections, just as it happened in
1992, when we were given the mandate to do what we are doing, and to continue
to do it.
I want to thank from here the President of Egypt, the
King of Jordan, and the King of Morocco, whose representatives are present
here, conveying their partnership with us on the march toward peace. But above all - the people of Israel, who have
proven, in the three years this government has been in office, that peace is attainable, a peace that will
provide an opportunity for a progressive society and economy. Peace exists first and foremost in our prayers, but not
only in prayers. Peace is what the Jewish People aspire to, a true
aspiration.
Peace entails difficulties, even pain.
This rally must send a message to the Israeli public,
to the Jewish community throughout the world, to many, many in the Arab world
and in the entire world, that the people of Israel want peace, support peace, and for
that, I thank you very much.
Song for Peace |
That Man |
To Cry to You |
A New Monument at the Entrance to the
Glen Strauss from California, as co-chairman of the Yitzhak Rabin Peace
Memorial Fund, together with wonderful broad group of private contributors,
recently succeeded in having a large bronze bust of the late Prime Minister
installed in the site of Rabin's assassination.
The artist is the Israeli Yossi Govrin.
Tel Aviv, May 24th 2000
Ada
by the Memorial to Yitzhak Rabin, on the day of IDF withdrawal from Lebanon,
Tel Aviv, May 24th 2000.
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