Israel began Thursday, November 3, to commemorate the death of Yitzhak Rabin, the assassinated prime minister a decade ago, November 4, 1995, by a Jewish extremist opposed Agreements Israeli-Palestinian Oslo that he had signed. The commemoration should take place over ten days.
Israeli President Moshe Katzav, gave the kick-off at a short ceremony at the presidency in Jerusalem. Mr Katsav lit a candle in memory of Mr. Rabin, Israel's first prime minister to sign a peace agreement with the Palestinians. A children's choir sang under the gaze of Dalia Rabin-Philisof, daughter of the assassinated prime minister, presented alongside Mr. Katsav and his wife.
Mr. Katsav has completely ruled out a pardon for Yigal Amir, the Jewish extremist who assassinated Mr. Rabin on November 4, 1995, following a peace rally in Tel Aviv. "Yigal Amir is a villain who deserves neither grace nor forgiveness ," he said, " I have no intention to grant him a pardon, or remission (...) There is a consensus Israel cons of such a measure. "
Rabin's assassin SEEKS REVIEW OF TRIAL
Yigal Amir, 36, is serving a life sentence. He has never expressed regret for his act and asked these days a retrial. " He admitted trying to kill Yitzhak Rabin, but he has learned that two time. It is not he who fired the third bullet at close range, which caused the death , "he told his wife to explain this request. On Thursday, the private Israeli television Channel 2 aired a documentary showing the shirt stained Mr. Rabin was blood on the night of his death. It reveals three holes while the official investigation has established that if Yigal Amir fired three bullets were many, only two had met Mr. Rabin, who hit the third one his bodyguards.
According to a poll published Thursday in the press, 76% of Israelis are opposed to that Yigal Amir to be pardoned, and 59% believe that never will. Furthermore, 84% of Israelis believe that a new murder as one committed against Mr. Rabin is possible. With his plan to withdraw from Gaza, completed in September, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has received numerous death threats and some have made a connection with the situation deleterious call to murder that preceded the assassination of Mr. Rabin .
DOZENS OF EVENTS ARE PLANNED
After the ceremony in Jerusalem, a thousand black balloons were released in Tel Aviv, the square-Yitzhak Rabin, the former site of the Kings-d'Israël where the murder took place. Dozens of public or private events are planned across the country running on a little over ten days, the period between the anniversary of the death of Yitzhak Rabin in the Gregorian calendar and the Hebrew calendar.
Friday, the Rabin family members and relatives should visit his grave on Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, the pantheon of the Jewish state. On 12 November, a popular gathering is planned Rabin Square. The official ceremony organized by the Government will take place November 14 in the presence of foreign dignitaries including former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Chief of Staff at the Israeli Six-Day War which had resulted in 1967 in the Jewish state conquered the West Bank and Gaza, Mr. Rabin was awarded the Nobel Prize Peace in 1994 jointly with his Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, which enshrined the principle of exchange of "land against peace", and would lead to the creation of the Palestinian Authority. Thursday's poll shows that it is considered a relative majority of Israelis as the best prime minister ever never had the Jewish state since its inception in 1948.
Source: The World With AFP
Israeli President Moshe Katzav, gave the kick-off at a short ceremony at the presidency in Jerusalem. Mr Katsav lit a candle in memory of Mr. Rabin, Israel's first prime minister to sign a peace agreement with the Palestinians. A children's choir sang under the gaze of Dalia Rabin-Philisof, daughter of the assassinated prime minister, presented alongside Mr. Katsav and his wife.
Mr. Katsav has completely ruled out a pardon for Yigal Amir, the Jewish extremist who assassinated Mr. Rabin on November 4, 1995, following a peace rally in Tel Aviv. "Yigal Amir is a villain who deserves neither grace nor forgiveness ," he said, " I have no intention to grant him a pardon, or remission (...) There is a consensus Israel cons of such a measure. "
Rabin's assassin SEEKS REVIEW OF TRIAL
Yigal Amir, 36, is serving a life sentence. He has never expressed regret for his act and asked these days a retrial. " He admitted trying to kill Yitzhak Rabin, but he has learned that two time. It is not he who fired the third bullet at close range, which caused the death , "he told his wife to explain this request. On Thursday, the private Israeli television Channel 2 aired a documentary showing the shirt stained Mr. Rabin was blood on the night of his death. It reveals three holes while the official investigation has established that if Yigal Amir fired three bullets were many, only two had met Mr. Rabin, who hit the third one his bodyguards.
According to a poll published Thursday in the press, 76% of Israelis are opposed to that Yigal Amir to be pardoned, and 59% believe that never will. Furthermore, 84% of Israelis believe that a new murder as one committed against Mr. Rabin is possible. With his plan to withdraw from Gaza, completed in September, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has received numerous death threats and some have made a connection with the situation deleterious call to murder that preceded the assassination of Mr. Rabin .
DOZENS OF EVENTS ARE PLANNED
After the ceremony in Jerusalem, a thousand black balloons were released in Tel Aviv, the square-Yitzhak Rabin, the former site of the Kings-d'Israël where the murder took place. Dozens of public or private events are planned across the country running on a little over ten days, the period between the anniversary of the death of Yitzhak Rabin in the Gregorian calendar and the Hebrew calendar.
Friday, the Rabin family members and relatives should visit his grave on Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, the pantheon of the Jewish state. On 12 November, a popular gathering is planned Rabin Square. The official ceremony organized by the Government will take place November 14 in the presence of foreign dignitaries including former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Chief of Staff at the Israeli Six-Day War which had resulted in 1967 in the Jewish state conquered the West Bank and Gaza, Mr. Rabin was awarded the Nobel Prize Peace in 1994 jointly with his Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, which enshrined the principle of exchange of "land against peace", and would lead to the creation of the Palestinian Authority. Thursday's poll shows that it is considered a relative majority of Israelis as the best prime minister ever never had the Jewish state since its inception in 1948.
Source: The World With AFP
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