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| | | | | Let's lay the myth to rest: Rabin wouldn't have brought peace.
Einat Wilf
Israeli author and former Member of Knesset Einat Wilf argues that the myth that the prospect for peace died with Rabin perpetuates another false belief: that the Palestinian people have no say over their destiny. |
| Rabin's contribution was recognizing us as partners. Don't erase it.
Muhammad Shehada
Palestinian journalist and Forward contributing columnist Muhammad Shehada argues that despite Rabin’s checkered legacy, we cannot let today’s politicians bury his revolutionary act: engaging with Palestinians as equals. |
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| Rabin's Jewish-Arab alliance was a democratic revolution. We must reclaim it.
Odeh Basharat
Journalist Odeh Basharat argues that the fear that the right-wing stokes over any possible collaboration with the Joint List continues to prevent a majority from deposing Netanyahu. |
| Have we learned nothing from our most divided time?
Shmuel Yilma
Ethiopian-Israeli writer and organizer Shmuel Yilma worries that the alienation, condescension and racism that preceded Rabin's murder are all getting worse again today. |
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| As a child of Israel's periphery, I learned from Rabin we must be equal — and we must be one.
Michael Biton
Israeli Minister of Civil and Social Affairs, Michael Biton remembers Rabin’s assassination as one of the pivotal moments of his life. |
| Looking back, I see how far my haredi community has come.
Avigayil Heilbronn
Israeli haredi activist Avigayil Heilbronn, was too young to remember Rabin’s killing. What she learned when she asked members of her community about the event startled her. |
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| We are on the precipice of another violent divide. We must overcome our divisions.
Zack Bodner
CEO of the Palo Alto JCC Zack Bodner warns that the murder of Yitzhak Rabin was not the first time a Jew murdered another Jew for ideological reasons, and worries it may not be the last.
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| Religious fundamentalism is still our biggest threat.
Eran Baruch
Israeli activist Eran Baruch argues that today, the Jewish-democratic State of Israel is at another critical juncture.
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