Shabtai Shavit warned in a tweet of the possibility of another politically motivated homicide in Israel. Yair Netanyahu responded: “I get threats, send them to the police and get no response.”
When Israel smiled at the world, the world smiled back.
In the video, Rabin calls Likud supporters and members “the cowards of peace” and says that “the Likud is deathly afraid of peace.”
Netanyahu: I condemned those who called Rabin a traitor.
The PM recalled the bitter debate over the 1993 Oslo Accords, approved by Rabin and his government, that set in motion a peace process for a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
They were speaking at the Ner Yitzhak ceremony, which marks the official beginning of a series of annual memorial events on the anniversary of Rabin's death.
This weekend is the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht. Not a round anniversary but worth commemorating every year.
Speaking at the rally, Gantz said "Israel will never surrender to hatred. The children of Israel will not grow up in a state where some of its leaders sanctify hatred. I won't let hate win."
In 2014, the mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando also awarded the city's honorary citizenship to Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life-sentences in Israel for terrorism.
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