A YEAR LATER, ISRAEL STILL SPLIT BY RABIN'S KILLING.Byline: Joel Greenberg The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times At the spot where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated as·sas·si·nate tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. last year, someone put up a homemade sign, above the flowers and candles brought by crowds of Israelis who gathered Thursday to mark the Jewish calendar Jewish calendar n. The lunisolar calendar used to mark the events of the Jewish year, dating the creation of the world at 3761 b.c. See Table at calendar. Noun 1. anniversary of the prime minister's death. ``A year has passed and half the nation has already forgotten,'' the poster said. ``But I haven't forgotten, and I will not forget!'' A women sat on a curb nearby, staring silently at the ebb and flow the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively. See also: Ebb of mourners and at the circle of high school students in white shirts and jeans singing softly above the flickering memorial lights. ``Nothing has changed,'' said the woman, who identified herself only as Ayelet. ``Things have gotten worse, people hate each other, and it's only a matter of time before someone shoots again. We haven't learned a thing.'' As they observed the first anniversary of Rabin's assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. according to the Jewish lunar calendar, Israelis seemed overwhelmed by the deep division exposed by the slaying and troubled by the profound rift in their society, which seems to have only deepened over the past year. The killing of Rabin on Nov. 4 by Yigal Amir, a militantly nationalist religious Jew opposed to the prime minister's peace accords with the Palestinians, starkly defined the abyss between religious and secular Israelis and between the political left and the right. Instead of bringing Israelis together, the killing brought out the vastly different value systems separating religious nationalists intent on stopping the hand-over of territory they consider part of their biblical homeland, and liberal Israelis willing to trade these lands for peace. The divisions have politicized Rabin's death, making its commemoration a source of contention instead of unity. The conservative government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to declare the anniversary a national day of mourning National Day of Mourning may refer to:
Objections from Rabin's family prevented Netanyahu from speaking at an official graveside grave·side n. The area beside a grave. ceremony Thursday. Rabin's widow, Leah, accused Netanyahu after the assassination of promoting incitement in·cite tr.v. in·cit·ed, in·cit·ing, in·cites To provoke and urge on: troublemakers who incite riots; inciting workers to strike. See Synonyms at provoke. against her husband, which she said had led to the killing. Choirs from two nationalist and religious youth movements said Thursday that they would not sing ``The Song For Peace'' at a planned memorial ceremony, asserting that the words of the Israeli peace anthem, sung by Rabin at a rally before he was killed, run counter to their ideology. |
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