NATIONIWORLD The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 6, 1995 - 7A W .b r .w World's I op Daily Wire Services More than 40 world leaders, from rnerican and European presidents to rab kings, will attend the funeral of ratli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at risalem's Mount Herzl cemetery to- y. ,For President Clinton, he will bid urewell to the man he called "my part- er and my friend." The President was on the edge of :ars Saturday when he stood in the .ose Garden and said, "Goodbye, enid." Clinton said, "Peace must be and eace will be Prime Minister Rabin's lsting legacy." According to Jewish tradition, burial iould take place by the next sunset, ut the prime minister's funeral was elayed a day to allow world leaders to ttend. eaders to bid Rabin farewell would not attend today's funeral, out of security concerns. He was likely dis- couraged by Israel from joining the mourners, for fear his presence, still highly controversial in Israel, would set off protests. Arafat looked visibly shaken when he expressed the hope that "the Israe- lis and the Palestin- ians have the abilitym to overcome this tragedy against the peace process and the whole situation in the Middle East." Rabin and Arafat were blood enemiesi through theyearsthat the Israeli served his Arafat' country as a military leader and Arafat worked for Israel's destruction. They met for the first time at the White House in September 1993 when they signed the peace agreement be- tween Israel and the PLO. Egypt condemns assassination Like other moderate Arab states, the government of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak moved swiftly to con- demn the assassination, interrupting state-run television Saturday night with a statement of condolence to Rabin's family and assurances that peace nego- tiations would continue. Mubarak will attend the funeral, Egyptian officials said last night. Mubarak has not visited Israel since becoming president in 1981, and his decision to do so is sure to be controver- sial, given the continuing hostility of many Egyptians toward Israel. Libya, Iran praise Rabin's death There were no surprises in the reac- tion of radical Middle East states such as Libya and Iran, both of which have long condemned the peace process and ., -- the man remembered by Iran's official news agency as "an ardent advocate of state terrorism." Predictably, that view was echoed by extremists elsewhere in the Arab world. In the southern suburbs of Beirut and in southern Lebanon, sup- porters of the Iranian-backed Party of God fired guns into the air to cel- ebrate Rabin's death. Libya's official news agency wel- comed the assassination of "the terror- ist Rabin," adding, "His hands are stained with the blood of the martyrs of this people who gave their life in the liberation of Palestine." Security broke down No country puts more emphasis on security than Israel. The Shin Bet secret service built an enviable reputation for protecting its leaders and preventing terrorist attacks. Security broke down, however, when bodyguards apparently mistook a young law student for a VIP driver and let him get close enough to shoot Rabin with a 9mm Beretta. Questions are also being asked about why Rabin was not wear- ing a bulletproof vest. PEACE Continued from Page 1A that wants to see the peace process dead. Those people are not killers, of course, and most did not direct their rage di- rectly at Rabin. But many will stand fast in their opposition after the funeral and mourning periods have passed. The most radical of these people are Jewish settlers and their allies who still believe the occupied West. Bank that they call Judea and Samaria belongs to Jews alone. They do not want to give up land to the Palestinians whom they have been fighting for decades, as the peace accord requires them to do. They be- lieve Palestinians - or all Arabs - are not to be trusted. It is possible that Peres and the Labor Party can overcome this extreme opposi- tion. The huge rally that was Rabin's last showed astrong core of support forpeace. But they still must win over other Israelis who feel that their No. I con- cern - security - is not being ad- dressed enough by the Rabin-Arafat accord. Some ofthese people only hesi- tatingly supported Rabin. Palestinian political analysts fear that Israel will be so consumed by its inter- nal politics and quest for stability in the coming months that the peace process will be frozen. Israeli protesters bum a Palestinian flag next to a caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin dressed as an Arab outside of his residence In May 1994, protesting the recently signed peace agreement with the Palestinians. Thousands of protesters gathered outside his residence calling for Rabin's resignation. Signs at the demonstration read, "There is a mandate for murder," referring to the peace accord. REACTION Continued from Page IA may" at the incident. "It was compounded double when I found out it was done by another Jew," Spilman said. Anthony Scaglione, an LSA junior and co-leader of Hillel's Reform Chavurah, said, "The last time Jew fought against Jew was 2,000 years ago. The result was the splintering and dispersion of the Jewish people." Mike Newman, an SNRE senior and group leader of the Progressive Jewish Committee, spoke of the explosiveness of the situation. "I was thankful that it wasn't an Arab (who was assassinated)," Newman said. "The region would have gone up in flames, literally and figuratively. Ifthere was any positive to be taken from the event, that was it." A vigil in memory of Rabin and in honor ofpeaceis scheduled for9 o'clock tonight on the Diag. Several groups at Hillel are sponsoring the vigil. "We are hoping that all people, Mus- lims, Christians and Jews, will partici- pate," Spilman said. Local Arab students said they, too, were truly shocked. Rasha Stino, a Rackham, graduate student, said she was saddened by the incident. "Any act of violence is unfor- tunate," she said. "I hope it will act as a catalyst in motivating people to bring about peace."~ A member of the Muslim Students' Association, Stino added that Rabin was "a respected leader. I think all people, regardless of race, ethnicity and religion, respect an individual who strives in the cause of peace." Political science Prof. Kenneth Organski predicted a continuation of efforts for peace. "I think there will be a continuation of what has happened in the past in the attempts to come to a solution of the Palestinian problem," he said. Organski gave credit to Israeli and Arab leaders who had help from the United States. "The so-called 'Pax Americana' makes all of these thing possible. What Rabin and Peres had done would not have been possible had not the United States involved itself in the area as it did in the Gulf War." The professor said he did not think the change of leadership would hinder the process, as Peres had been involved in the negotiations throughout. "Peres is a very capable man," he said, noting that during theirjoint efforts Rabin kept Israel itself in line, while Peres de- veloped negotiations. "Peres has the con- fidence of the interlocutors of the PLO and is in an excellent position." Helps Shorten Your Late Night Munchie Hunt Reason #3 i..J I I Shorten the hunt. Call Domino's Pizza. 761-1111 a mmi , 761-9393 a comprehensive training program. We offer the opportunity latest and most exciting tools and technologies; UNIX, PdwerBuilder, Visual Basic, C/C++, TCP/IP, Oracle, Sybase, You will be working along side the best technical talent in the If you are self-motivated person, looking for an avritinn rallhna aa Prnorammer/Analvst and 1031 E. 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