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The Rabin Legacy

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VOICES

Israeli Chief-of Staff Yitzhak Rabin is
welcomed after the fall of Jerusalem to
his army in June 1967

Abraham H. Foxman, national
director of the Anti-Defamation
League:
Yitzhak Rabin left Israel with a
twin, interconnected legacy that
remains even more relevant today
than in his lifetime.
First is the need for Israel to be
strong — militarily, politically,
psychologically -- because with-
out such strength there can nei-
ther be security nor a chance for
peace.
Second, there is the legacy of the
willingness, out of strength, to reach
out for peace. This offers hope to
the people of Israel and reassures the
citizens that if they must defend
themselves, it is with the knowledge
that Israel has done everything pos-
sible to achieve peace.
As the country moves through
these difficult times, it is vital that
Rabin's twin legacy remains alive.

process of moving away from the
dangers of war."
Nevertheless, for Israelis, the hope
of a conflict-free future held out by
the Oslo process has been corn-
pelling. By signing the accord, Rabin
fundamentally shifted the balance in
the Israeli polity, extinguishing the
right-wing dream of a Greater Israel
and shoving the political goalposts
significantly to the left.
Only eight years ago, when Rabin
came to power, it was still illegal for
an Israeli to talk to a member of the
PLO. Now, Yasser Arafat controls
large swaths of the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip. And even today,
while Israelis may be thoroughly dis-
enchanted with the Palestinians,
opinion polls still show more than 60
percent supporting a peace process.
Consequently, there has been a
narrowing of the ideological chasm
between Labor and Likud. The right,
when it returned to power in 1996,
was not able to beat back the Oslo
tide. Netanyahu presided over the
transfer of most of Hebron, the city
of the Patriarchs, to Arafat. And,
along with ex-general and then-
Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon, he
negotiated the Wye agreement in
October 1998, in which he agreed,
however unenthusiastically, to hand
over an additional 13.1 percent of
the West Bank to the Palestinians.
One enduring impact of the assassi-
nation has been a greater sensitivity

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and accepted in the Oslo accords.
While the Israeli-Palestinian
peace process may appear to be a
shattered dream, the need for a his-
toric compromise to allow both
peoples to protect their identities,
live in peace and security, is even
more urgent today than when
Yitzhak Rabin brought it to the
negotiating table. Neither the
Israelis nor the Palestinians believe
violence will lead to the peace of
the brave. Only a negotiated settle-
ment can truly fulfill Rabin's legacy.

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