Rabin’s Vision
Sarah points me to this article by Eli. E Hertz, discussing how the real vision of late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has been misunderstood in the roughly decade and a half since his tragic death.
The following excerpts from Rabin’s last public speech to the Knesset just days before he was murdered reveal Rabin’s true realistic vision:
The Knesset (Parliament) October 5, 1995
“Here, in the land of Israel, we returned and built a nation. Here, in the land of Israel, we established a state. The land of the prophets, which bequeathed to the world the values of morality, law and justice, was, after two thousand years, restored to its lawful owners – the members of the Jewish people. On its land, we have built an exceptional national home and state.
“We view the permanent solution in the framework of [the] State of Israel which will include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the rule of the British Mandate, and alongside it a Palestinian entity which will be a home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
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