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"What mattered most of all to her was that she was a soldier's wife, a general's wife, a prime minister's wife, who shared with her dear husband a dream of a secure Israel at peace with her neighbors," Clinton said. "She carried on that dream in the last five years of her life. But it was a dream she and Yitzhak had made together, because wherever he went, she went. "Their lives were and are Israel's histo- ry. Now their legacy must be Israel's future," Clinton said. Earlier in the day, Leah Rabin hundreds of people joined Rabin family and friends to pay their last respects at a memorial service held in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. Mrs. Rabin's husband was gunned down there in 1995. President Bill Clinton, in Asia at the time of the funeral, issued a state- ment shortly after Mrs. Rabin died, saying that with her passing, "the Middle East has lost a friend of peace." Said Clinton: "The work to which she and Yitzhak dedicated their lives must, and will, continue." Mrs. Rabin confirmed earlier this year that she had lung cancer and had been hospitalized recently after corn- plaining of chest pains. Her survivors include children Dalia. Rabin-Pelossof, a lawyer who serves in the Knesset, and Yuval Rabin, founder of a peace group after his father's assassination who now represents an Israeli software firm in the U.S. Mrs. Rabin also had three grandchildren. A prominent and sometimes con- troversial figure in Israeli society, Rabin was born Leah Schlossberg in 1928 in Germany. The day after Adolf Hider rose to power, her family was able to immigrate to what was then called Palestine. She grew up in Tel Aviv and at 15 met Yitzhak Rabin, who was then 21. She once described the encounter as love at first sight. They married dur- ing the 1948 War of Independence. She staunchly supported Yitzhak throughout his army career, his post- ing as U.S. ambassador to Washington and while he served as prime minister and defense minister. In 1977, he stepped down as prime minister after it was discov- ered that Leah Rabin had maintained a U.S. bank account while he was posted in Washington — a violation of Israeli cur- rency regulations at the time. She was later fined for the offense, prompt- ing critics to accuse her of sabotaging her hus- band's political career. Following her hus- band's 1995 assassination, she accused then opposi- tion leader Binyamin Netanyahu of cultivating an atmosphere of incite- ment that led to the slay- ing. She refused to shake Netanyahu's hand at her husband's funeral, where she sat in silent dignity as world leaders came to pay their respects. When Netanyahu was elected prime minister in 1996, she threatened to pack her bags and leave the country. In September, she told an Israeli newspaper that "Yitzhak is surely turning in his grave," accusing Prime Minister Ehud Barak of making too many concessions to the Palestinians. Nava Barak, wife of the current prime minister, addressed the dis- agreement. She was attending this week's United Jewish Communities' General Assembly in Chicago. "If there was a disagreement about the way, that's not important. What is important is that we all pursue the path of peace." ❑