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among large sections of the public — at
times over-sensitivity — to what is con-
sidered harsh, inciteful rhetoric. In the
months leading up to Rabin's assassina-
tion, those tones, on the right ; became
poisonous. Rabin was labeled a "traitor"
and likened to the Nazis. Placards bear-
ing pictures of him in a keffiyeh (Arab
head wrap), and another with a gun
target imprinted on his face, were
paraded at rightist anti-Oslo rallies.
Today, the right-left public discourse
has moderated, by Israeli standards.
Despite the far-reaching compromises
Barak was prepared to make at Camp
David, there have been few right-wing
demonstrations, and the prime minister
has not been subjected to the same vitri-
ol as Rabin.
Dozens of right-left, religious-secular
dialogue groups have sprung up, notes
Harel. "People shout less and talk more."

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It is unclear whether Rabin ever did
have a clear, distilled picture of a final
deal with the Palestinians. A document
drawn up by Oslo architect Yossi Beilin
and chief Palestinian negotiator Mahmud
Abbas (Abu Maazen) in the course of
1995 was said to be tailored to Rabin's
general vision of a final settlement: It
called for clear borders between Israel and
the Palestinians and as few Palestinians as
possible under Israeli rule. But Amir got
to Rabin beforel3eilin could.
"Rabin had some ideas in his head,"
says Rabin Center chairman Tadmor,
"but no clear outline. When you go into
negotiations you can never tell at the
outset where you are going to end up.
It's too dynamic. It's impossible to know
what he would have decided. I don't
think even he knew."
It may well be that the Oslo format,
with its myriad of security and economic
arrangements, is no longer workable and
an alternative framework needs to be
sought. But that framework ultimately
will be hammered out at the negotiating
table, by Palestinians and Israelis.
If anything, this is the cornerstone of
Rabin's legacy — that violence in the
Middle East has proved highly costly
and inconclusive. And it is Rabin, a mili-
tary hero whose worldview was forged
on the battlefield, who most represents
the dramatic shift in the Israeli psyche
away from a military solution to the
Arab-Israeli conflict, and toward a nego-
tiated one. ❑

Related editorial: page 37

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