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...PALESTINIAN WHO IS AN ADVOCATE of peace, I am very saddened by the assassination of Rabin. Peace sometimes is very costly, but as Yasser Arafat said, this is the peace of the brave. The Palestinians lost a peace partner; the Israelis lost a peacemaker; and the world lost a good leader. There are hard-liners on both sides who oppose peace, but we shall not reward them by breaking down. We must continue with the process, as Rabin would have wanted us to do. MOHAMED HASSAN Hemet, California...
...Yasser Arafat also seized the occasion to visit for the first time the country he had so long preached unrelenting war against. The Israelis refused to invite the Palestine Liberation Organization chief to Rabin's funeral. But an Israeli military helicopter flew him into Tel Aviv Thursday night to pay a condolence call at Leah Rabin's apartment. Arafat told Mrs. Rabin that her husband was a "hero of peace" and a "dear friend." She responded that "Yitzhak saw in you, Mr. Arafat, a partner in making peace." If tact forbade either to mention what both well knew--that Rabin...
...last Saturday, senior correspondent Scott MacLeod met with Yasser Arafat in his Gaza headquarters for a one-hour interview. Arafat, sitting under a poster of Jerusalem, seemed drained of energy, shocked and worried. Excerpts: TIME: It was a terrible week...
...former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush, gathered in Jerusalem as assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was laid to rest on Mount Herzl, burial ground of Israeli heroes. Grieving Israelis exhausted the country's supply of mourning candles and stood weeping as a two-minute siren sounded. p.l.o. Chairman Yasser Arafat, who did not attend the funeral, later made a quiet 90-minute visit to Tel Aviv to offer condolences to Rabin's widow Leah...
Harvard Police Lt. Lawrence J. Murphy said that security for Rabin's visit would have been approximately as heavy as that during the visit of Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat on October...