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Since sharing the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with Palestinian Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, Rabin has been the target of criticism from the Israeli radical right for negotiating an agreement to yield the old West Bank, which contains a sizable Jewish population, to the Palestinians...
...Harvard Police took my testimony but have evidently buried it, since they neglected to report the incident to The Crimson along with the others. In the meantime, I've seen several such gangs in the vicinity, but never once a police car or foot patrol--except of course for Yasser Arafat's visit. It is ironic that the one evening I've felt safe since the murder attempt was when Harvard rolled out the red carpet to entertain mass- murderer. Now we learn there was a rape, in early September, in mid-morning. But it was buried, too, as long...
Choking up as he spoke of Rabin in the Rose Garden Saturday afternoon, a few yards from the spot where Rabin and Yasser Arafat signed their historic peace agreement in September, 1994, President Clinton 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...
...like you, are people who want to build a home, to plant a tree, to love, live side by side with you-in dignity, in empathy, as human beings, as free men," Prime Minister Rabin told Palestinians in 1994 as he signed the peace accord with Yasser Arafat in Washington. A reticent, tough-minded leader, Rabin was known as the principal force behind Israel's historic peace agreement with the Palestinians. The Army chief of staff who led the Israeli forces to a remarkable victory in the 1967 Six Day War, Rabin later served as Ambassador to the United States...
Indeed, we have hosted Yasser Arafat in our communal "house," and, knowledgeable as we were of his bestial history, we should never have afforded him the distinction of a "welcome guest." When all is said and done, on Tuesday, October 24, Harvard "wined and dined" a murderer...